Remember me writing once that my face was still numb in a certain area? It started whenever I had my wisdom teeth removed.
A small area about an inchh wide, starting at the inside of my cheekbone and going down to my upper chin. My top and bottom lips are numb too.
It’s not entirely numb, it’s just weird. If you poke it or pinch it, I will feel it. When you run your fingers on it I do feel it although it is a different type of feeling.
I’ve gone to a neurologist for this problem. He didn’t seem to want to do anything about it. He would just let Dr. McElveen look into it.
The numbness feeling has spread. Now it is not only the small area on my face and lips, but the tip of my tongue and the roof of my mouth as well. There is a problem and I have to figure out what is causing this.
The doctors keep putting me off. Dr. McElveen said he didn’t know what it was, but it wasn’t a tumor. This neurologist is going to let McElveen look into it when he really isn’t going to.
O go see a neurosurgeon in Asheville soon, and maybe he’ll try and help me figure out the problem. I’m just sick of this strange feeling.
by Sarah, on 03.27.09 @ 2:18 pm
Holly,
I had my wisdom teeth out exactly a year ago and though it was a really easy recovery with no complications, I do remember the surgeon telling me that facial numbness could be a side effect since there is a nerve that runs along the lower jawline. Though he said it is very rare (I think it only happened one time with one of his patients), and he also said that when it does happen it generally is not permanant.
Did you have it done by an oral/maxifacial surgeon or a regular dentist? Either way, if they are blowing you off, I’d go to another oral surgeon for a second opinion, particularly if its getting worse. I can’t imagine what would be making it worse unless something is going on that should be checked out.
Good luck and I hope it gets better soon.
~Sarah (the one in California
by hollyalonzo, on 03.29.09 @ 9:19 am
Hi Sarah! It’s great to hear from you.
I talked to my cousin who worked with a dentist for a while. She said the same thing, but didn’t know if it would be perminent.
The weird thing in though, the left wisom teeth were cut out in the surgery. The right weren’t taken out, and that is the side of my face that is numb. So I don’t know if thisi would still be causing it?
Holly