Wisdom tooth extraction still painful?

Hi I'm new to this so I hope I'm doing it right. I had my right lower impacted wisdom tooth removed 4 days ago, with a local anesthetic. He had to put extra in because I wasn't numbed enough so I was full of the stuff.





I didn't feel a thing during the actual procedure as the anesthetic worked it's magic.





The problem is, I have been in agony with it since. It's kind of gone white around the stitch that he put in, is that normal? It feels like my cheekbone, jawbone and even my chin have been thumped. It actually reduced me to tears on two occasions and now I'm really fed up with it. I started to take a codeine/paracetamol over the counter pain killer but that caused horrific headaches and knocked me out so I'm sticking to regular paracetamol now.





I'm getting the stitch out in three days.





Also, on the same day I am taking an over 4 hour flight. If I'm still in pain will that make it worse? I was told I would be recovered within a few days of surgery but I'm not!

Wisdom tooth extraction still painful?
What you are experiencing is VERY normal.





I had my jaw broken a few years ago that caused a crack in a root of one of my wisdom teeth so it had to be taken out. It hurt like hell for a couple of weeks, probably moreso than yours since my jaw didn't really work. But all in all, the pain you have sounds the same as the pain I was having. Of course, I had a bottle of vicodin to help me along. It's in the same family as codeine, but maybe the different type of mixture won't give you headaches. It really did the trick for me. And the whiteness is the wound healing. Don't worry about that. If it turns a color, like green or purple, then you should be concerned.
Reply:there might be a bone or tooth splinter in there left over from the extraction. That happened to me once, about a week later my gum was so sore that I touched it, and felt the "Tooth splinter", it slid out and the pain was gone !
Reply:The3-4 days after a lower wisdom tooth extraction...if it feels like the pain is getting worse instead of better it might be a dry socket. Contact your doctor, he can place a dressing inside the socket to insulate it. As someone else on here has said, the "white" you're seeing is probably where you're healing, scabs look white when they're moist.