Hi all,

I had my bottom wisdom teeth taken out 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I became very ill from the pain meds on the night of my surgery and spent most of the night vomiting, forcing me to spit that first night. My right side is healing fine, my left side is still having pain and I have this weird taste from the socket every so often.

I was fine for the first 3 days and then i woke up with a stabbing pain on my right side and the weird taste. I remember the dentist stating that was "the hard tooth to get out" (referring to my left tooth) but it all came out in one piece. I went back to the dentist the day it started hurting and she gave me an antibiotic wash and some penicillin V for 2 weeks.

The pain mainly occurs when i am lying on my back at night, forcing me to lay on my belly to sleep. The inside of my cheek is very swollen in front of the hole and I am applying Orajel (to my cheek) due to the pain. It is also still a fairly large size hole compared to my right side. I still have that weird taste every so often and am thinking it may be the salt water stuff but am not sure. The pain at night is driving me crazy and I haven't had a good night sleep in a few days. I was told it was not dry socket or an infection, so I am slightly worried as to why the pain is still there.