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3 week old lower 2 wisdom teeth extract impacted site bleed a little today when salt water rinse?tooth next 2 extract site hurting when bite down 2day
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Wisdom Teeth: Needs sometime for the injury from the extraction to settle down and the surrounding teeth can settle a bit. Continue to rinse with salt water and don't bite down too hard
Answered 11/11/2014
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