Half my tongue went numb (with an additional burning sensation) after an ID block anaesthetic injection for a deep filling. This happened on 18 August 2023. After a lot of research, I realised it was going to take a long time for the lingual nerve damage to fully heal. The first three months were difficult because I'd struggle to speak and the burning sensation would increase whenever I ate/drank. I started taking B12 vitamins as I'd read online that this is a good supplement to assist in nerve repair. Ironically, I noticed that the burning sensation and tightness in my tongue would reduce when I spoke for long periods of time, so I made an effort to keep exercising my tongue inside my mouth even if I wasn't speaking. I also prayed a LOT and asked God for healing. It's now January 18th 2024, exactly 5 months after the damage was done. I'm happy to say that the burning sensation went away after 3 months, and so far I'm about 80% healed. I hope this helps anyone who is experiencing this. It's a horrible injury, but with faith, trust and patience...it's possible to make a good recovery. God bless.
Thank you for sharing your experience, it’s comforting. I am awaiting for teeth wisdom surgery and I have a high risk of nerve damage. Hence, I am trying to get my mind around the fact that it could happen. And, I trust that God will give me the strength to deal with whatever hand I’ll be dealt with. So glad, you are feeling better.
@@Simone79126 Thank you Simone. I think that is the best way to approach it. Stay close to God and put your faith in Him. I think I'll be fully healed in about one more month...it's a well known fact that nerve damage takes a long time to heal (typically 6 months to a year). I pray you'll be fine. God bless.
@@gabe2518 Hi Gabe, yes I did. I referred to it as a "burning" sensation. But yes, it felt like uncomfortable tingles and little zaps, like electricity. I took this to be a good sign....it shows that your nerves are still working. This lasted for about 2.5 months. Every now and again it would stop....momentarily....then it would stop for longer periods like an hour or two....until it stopped completely. I didn't have any issues with my throat.
** RECOVERY STORY** hey guys i had this happen to me in January & figured id share my recovery process. -week 1: i had no sensation at all in my tongue -week 2: i suddenly regained sensation in the right half of my tongue, left half completely numb & had a prickling sensation -month 3: after 3 months of complete numbnesss w/ prickling sensation + stiffness, the left half suddenly regains mild sensation. it felt like a surge of energy, and i could finally feel objects pressed against the left half of my tongue -month 7: prickling sensation + stiffness in left half of tongue has completely subsided. full sensation in entirety of tongue. back to business as usual. this was one of the scariest things i have ever experience in my life, but i hope writing this alleviates some anxiety for someone who has just entered this recovery process. the numbness becomes normal after a while, so even if you arent as fortunate as i am with your recovery, it will get better. its a long road but you will see slow + consistent progress along the way.
Hi.. I feel a bit relieved reading your recovery story.. I recently had a lingual nerve damage been a month now and exactly facing symptoms you mentioned.. did you do anything to help the nerve regrow? Any diet changes? Or any additional rest - like not talking much, not straining much? Or were you just ignoring it and trying to be your usual? Thank you.. just praying that I recover too!
Hi, thank you for the story, it makes me less nervous about the surgery I will have next week. The doctor told me that extract all of my wisdom tooth and told me that i might lose my sense of taste permanently. Can you tell how is it feels like eating without taste at all?
It happened to me. Dentists, stop pushing this surgery on people. There was nothing wrong with my teeth, but every six months i was told to extract them. i finally got around to it and they maimed me.
My right side nerve was damaged over 20 years ago from wisdom tooth extraction. Started out numb for a few years then tingling in tongue later on. Slight sensation in gums, but not much. Flossing that lower sucks because it seems very sensitive even though it is slightly numb. I can feel cold things put on tongue. Tingling on it is annoying. Pain from infected molar root on lower right is excruciating!!! Or any infected tooth on that side. Sorry all, but if over a couple months and no change, it probably won’t be 100% again.
This is exactly what’s happening to me it’s only been 2 years seen I had numb tongue and now tingling and lots of sensation if I floss I fell tingling in tung did you get the feeling of toung back ???
I had mine removed almost 2 weeks . I still can’t feel my tongue on the left side or taste anything . It’s hard to eat without biting my tongue . This the worst experience I’ve ever had and I’ve broken to collar bones before . I couldn’t even eat thanksgiving food . SMH .
this is bullshit I had my wisdom tooth removed when I was 17 and now I'm 26 and still have no feeling in the left side of my tongue now I have constant twitching and nerve damage in my tongue
Please for everybody that has had this damage write a letter to the medical board, write a letter to the board of dentistry, and write a letter to your insurance. It keeps happening to everybody in this country because nobody is brave enough to write a letter. They don't want to tell on their dentists. But I promise you they're not going to tell on themselves. They are completely protected and we can't even sue to get the money to pay for exploratory surgery for possible nerve damage repair *** and on the video No we have not all heard about it. I'd never heard about it in my life until after that jerk ripped up my wisdom teeth and now I have permanent damage. My nerve damage goes all the way down my vocal chords and into my left lung The structure of the left side of my face is aging faster and I'm losing my hearing in my left ear. I used to love to sing. My voice hasn't been the same and it's been 3 years. Not to mention the excruciating pain I'm and randomly and will be for the rest of my life. They do not do not do not want this to be known as much as it is. Our country has got to stop this shit.
I don’t know which country you’re from but I agree. I wish something was done to prevent this sort of thing. A solution which people don’t have spend loads of money to get treatment. I’m also in a similar situation as you but I lost sensation around my chin.
Yep, I had 0 clue this was a possibility. If I would have known I wouldn't have gotten all 4 teeth unecessarily removed. Only the one that was bothering me. My tongue and lower inside mouth has been numb for two months now with no end in sight :(
This is a known complication of extractions. It can happen with the novice and with the most experienced surgeon. Good luck winning this in court when you signed a consent acknowledging these risks…
Don’t worry guys, i got my wisdom teeth (all 4) pulled yesterday, and at first I couldn’t feel my bottom lip, chin and left side of my tongue. I tried to eat vanilla yogurt, and when I did, the left side of my tongue couldn’t taste it and on top of that it registered the cold food as hot. It was SO WEIRD and it freaked me out. However, it’s the next day, I can feel my lips and chin again but the tongue still feels a little off but is much better. Give it time guys, it should heal up!
Positive reply..thanks bro..i had a same problem..but I didn’t take out the wisdom tooth.I just cut the skin.after the surgery i can’t feel my tongue one side..i had my surgery on 1/8/2021. Its been 5days ready.I still can’t feel my tongue one side
i am in this condition right now since april 2022. what is the remedy please? it is so depressing. no one told me of this complications before the procedure. i feel pained.
I had mine bottom right removed by surgical method. Dentist injected me anesthetic too deep and i felt like some sharp pain in my tongue just while injecting. Now 24hrs later my right side of tongue is still numb. I feel some burning sensation and some little pain if i press hard with my teeth. How long does it last? Can anyone have same situation like this?
That’s just great. My wisdom teeth were removed today and I have no feeling in my left lip and left side of my tongue. Wonderful that’s just F’N great!
Hello, I would be very happy if someone answers. I had my lower left wisdom tooth extracted five days ago. The process was a little difficult and painful, but today I finally feel better. My question is that I couldn't close or open my jaw fully. I tried closing it and my jaw didn't feel like it used to. Other than that I cannot use my tongue fully. I can only stick out the tip of my tongue. Sometimes I feel a needle sensation on my neck or cheek at the seam under my tongue. Is this normal?
Rule of thumb is that if it doesn't come back in about 4-6 weeks it could be permanent. But I did look into it and there is laser nerve reconstruction surgeries available there for just that type of problem.
Please tell me the timestamp at which point I say that the lingual nerve can be seen on the CBCT cause you’re absolutely right it cannot be seen on the CBCT and I’m pretty sure I did not say that
im dealing with this now, I didn't get my wisdom teeth removed but I had cavities filled, my dentist said he may have accidentally poked my nerve smh this is awful
Dr. Choi: Why hide the fact that you're a periodontist/gum disease dentist? You're not a surgeon despite calling your dental practice N. Texas Dental Surgery.
Welp it happened, just had my right lower wisdom tooth removed and I’m in tremendous pain. I’m four days out and I still can’t feel or taste anything on the right side of my tongue , it’s numb and I’m scared it’s going to be like this for life.
@@ChanceNavarro it’s been over a month since the wisdom tooth removal and still no feeling on the right side of my tongue and mouth. The doctor recommended a nerve repair surgeon . I said no way am I doing that and risk further complications. The doctor had the nerve to say some people can live with it and some people can’t. This feeling is nothing I can get used to, only tasting on half of my mouth……smh I want to sue the shit out of this doctor but they make you sign a waiver before the procedure and mouth numbness is one of the risks listed. Can you still sue a doctor if you’ve signed a waiver? If I’m going to have a numb mouth for the rest of my life then I might as well get a bag$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$out of it🤷🏽♂️
@@samestuffdifferentday5712 hi so sorry this happened to you. This surgery is so useless and pointless and this country forces everyone to do it just for the quick cash. Did he really tell you some people can live with the severed nerve he caused? Wtf is this butcher doctor😠. Man I would recommend you to get treatment to repair the nerve. It may take a while but it can save you. This nerve injury is no joke.
Half of my tongue has been numb for almost 5 months since wisdom teeth removal and I feel so hopeless trying to get anyone to examine it. I refuse to go back to the one who did my surgery because he's absolutely unprofessional.
Smoking after a Wisdom Tooth Extraction: "If it becomes dislodged at any point, it can be very painful and lead to infection. Besides the risk of dry socket, smoking also increases your risk of developing bacteria in your mouth that will attack your gums and weaken your body’s healing ability." Question on the above, In addition to weaken the body's healing ability what other issues can arise? Can this ever be resolved and how?
I got my second lower molar extracted yesterday, but the numbness coming from the anesthesia haven't completely subsided from one side of my face, lips and tongue. I can still feel, but not naturally. What's the solution now ?
I got my mandibular wisdom teeth pulled two weeks ago. I now still have EXTREME pain in my tongue. I cannot eat solid foods, only liquids, talk normally, cry, get mad, without it feeling like something sharp is being stuck into my tongue. They have my coming in for laser treatment once a week. But I feel like it's only getting worse.
Same thing happened to me a few years ago. I'm so sorry. It happens to so many of us they just don't report it. You have got to write a letter to the medical board and the board of dentistry and your insurance. Write letters to all of them they have to know this is happening so that the quit doing it. It mostly happens in usa
@@velabela7634 that sounds great..i had my surgery last week..i have slight discomfort like a burning sensation and tingling sometime..other than that not much problem..taste is ok..did you took any medication? My dentist prescribe me neurobione forte b complex for recovery..
@@vishnunarayanan5658 yes thank you. And I had somewhat severe discomfort but it subsided quickly. I took some 800mg of ibuprofen for about 3 days & it helped a lot. I hope you get well soon 💜🌸🦋
This happened to me 2 days ago and I still can’t feel the right half of my tongue. I’m reading the comments and I’m afraid it’s permanent nerve damage cause many of you say that you tongues have stayed numb for years 😩😩
@@anishatamang5995 I notified my dentist and he prescribed me more meds to help bring some feeling back to my tongue. He also had been trying to schedule me an appointment with an oral surgeon so thru can run further tests
I took my impaction wisdom tooth took through oral surgery and it took 7 stitches and it was deeply stuck in my jawline bone .. He too recommended a nuro medics but its so hard to adjust
I got my lower right tooth extracted in December 2022, my right side of the tounge still feels numb and tingling. I visited multiple dentist they advised to wait. Is there any remedy for my tounges numbness? Kindly help
I have the same issue. After wisdom tooth extraction, I have been experiencing numbness, tingling sensations, and a constant burning feeling in my tongue. It's been almost three months now. Has anyone resolved this kind of issue?
Hi I need some answers. Went to the dentist to get a tooth filled. I got a shot to numb it. It was like an electric shook .. 3 months later my tongue is still numb. What can I do ??
sounds like you have local anesthesia induced paresthesia. very very rare. it is pretty late right now but you can always try a medrol dose pack. tell your dentist.
I can feel tingling on the right side of my face. The tingling sensation started near the ear, spreading to lower jaw, lips, and the tongue. In three weeks, it has travelled to the upper half of the jaw and lips, now affecting the nose and eyes. I can feel my face but have issues with balance with some dizziness. CBCT shows that the wisdom tooth is pressing on the alveolar nerve. I have no pain in the vicinity of wisdom teeth but not sure whether to go for removal or wait for sensation to get normal?
I have a question, My case seems similar but slightly different. I had all four wisdom teeth removed 5 1/2 days ago. I had no pain after removal, and numbness went away around day 3-4. Despite not being numb though, my sense of taste is VERY weak right now. It takes seconds for me to taste food that's in my mouth. I can't tell if it's limited to only part of my tongue or the whole thing. Given that there is no numbness do you think that makes it more likely for my taste to return? It's very frustrating, I already have Crohn's disease and have been on an extremely limiting diet for 5 years, so this just makes eating that much less enjoyable :/
@@northtexasdentalsurgery yeah, no numbness, but the loss of taste wasn't placebo. It wasn't mentioned explicitly as an effect beforehand (though I'm sure it was in the waiver I signed), and I didn't know it was possible before I noticed it. My tongue isn't numb but my taste was still weakened. It's been a few days now and I've noticed it slowly returning, so thankfully I'm not too worried anymore. Seems strange though based on your explanation and everyone else's experiences
@@fogpivvl8341I’m having the same experience. It’s been 6 days and my tongue isn’t numb, I can feel if somethings there, and tell the difference between hot or cold bur I cannot really taste on the left side. Did it ever come back for you?
I cant help but notice after my wisdom tooth removal food taste different to me. Its making me angry cuz the foods I enjoyed dont taste the same anymore. Its been about a month since.
Thank you for this video. It was very informative. I have an Aunt that went in for a dental procedure and lost her taste. It has been almost 20 years if not that, and she still has not regain her sense of taste.
Hi, lI have lost feeling and taste in the right side of my tongue, it has been 3 months with no change after my removal and haven't found much on this problem. What are some actions I can take? My passion is culinary arts and it makes me upset I can only taste and feel half my food i make.
A place called River Ridge, I had 4 wisdom teeth taken out at once, no stitches. All they gave me was basic tylenol and antibiotics. for 3 weeks I was in horrific pain before it finally subsided and was left with half a functioning tongue. i though it was just normal numbness but here I am today with 0% improvement three months later. I went there expecting a professional job to be done like they told me, but now I regret ever going to that place.
I asked my orthodontist and a couple others and they think it's going to be permanent, I can't taste salt, i have no perception of heat or cold, I'm starting to lose motor control and a severe pain is flaring up directly and only in the center of my tongue with the slightest movement. It is hard to swallow and I cannot pronounce words like I used to. It has altered my ability to sleep and I've been getting more headaches than usual. In your opinion, should I give it more time to see if it gets better or worse or should I be looking into hiring a lawyer?
I'll be definently doing so, dental care in America is f****d up. All they have been doing is sending me through a f*****g loop, now I'm broke, then they do this and now I'm more f****d because I have to pay for treatment for a disability that could have easily been avoided if the surgeon wasn't a regurgitated cum bubble in a dead hobos ass.
Hi Doctor, First, thank you so much for sharing the video, it's great to have more information about getting wisdom tooth extraction. I stumbled upon your video while researching tooth extraction, and it gives me more confidence for the surgery that I'll have next week. I will have all my wisdom tooth removed and being told the risks involved, the doctor said that I might lost my sense of taste for good. So, can i ask advise to better recover after the surgery? is there any supplement that i should take for a better recovery process? Thank you!
Got three removed today and that was around 1130 this morning. It is 820 pm as I type this comment. I just want my bottom lip to not be numb anymore. Also, it is very dry despite lip balm. The right side of my tongue is still extremely numb and feels funny. I can't taste on that side of my mouth. I also have some pain in the lower portion of the left side of my face around my lower jawbone. It isn't an unbearable pain but it is a bit annoying and I can't open my mouth fully without the pain increasing a bit. Also, swallowing hurts that same area. Swallowing food or water is a challenge for me as well. I've nearly choked on some water a couple of times already (very small amounts at a time) and some chicken noodle soup broth too (again, very small amounts at a time). By all means, I am avoiding chewing because it is still day 1 and also I really don't want to bit my tongue as I won't feel it on that right side. Still seeing a fair amount of blood but that's expected. Really, the most aggravating thing to me is my lip is super numb (I can talk fairly well) and the right half of my tongue has no feeling so, eating is proving difficult. But by no means am I in any extreme pain. Discomfort is a more accurate term. I'm curious about how long this may last.
@@noemiibarra9797 I did end up getting better. The numbness in my tongue lasted three or four days. Most of my face regained feeling a couple of days after my wisdom teeth were pulled. The lower left part of my face along my jawline was numb for almost three months after the removal though. I was able to eat soft foods without choking about two days after the wisdom teeth removal. And the pain in my face when opening my mouth stopped probably around the same time as the feeling came back. I think the dentist that performed my operation probably hit a nerve when removing one of my wisdom teeth. It was a slow process and required a lot of patience as far as food goes. I had a very hard time consuming anything other than soup broth for about three days immediately after the operation. Hopefully this helps.
@@TheBlessedRed I just got mine’s removed you said it only took three days? Because I’m having the same issue I’m only on day one… Did you take any type of medication to help? I have no feelings on the left side of my tongue
@@404moneyboyzent nah, I didn't take any kind of pain meds for mine that I can remember. I was just trying to stay hydrated and not chew my jaws and tongue to shreds. Soups and soft food were what I stuck with until I regained feeling. Thankfully it was only a few days and not longer. For me, it was just trying to be patient until I could eat solid food again.
I’m on the same boat. A periodontist removed my lower left mandibular wisdom tooth. It’s been two weeks and even after taking steroids and b12 there’s no improvement to the sensation or ability to taste on the left side of my tongue and same side of gums. I’m so scared and can’t help but panic. So reading comments of people recovering gives me hope 😢
Hey guys - this July will be a year and I have recovered some but not all. I still don’t have taste buds on that side but a microneurosurgeon I saw told me those could come back with time. I do feel hot and cold now but that area is way more sensitive. I still feel the numbness but the biting of my tongue is less. I thought about suing but attorneys don’t like to take these cases unless you do a lingual nerve exploratory surgery where they open you to look at the nerve but it’s very delicate and you basically go from feeling 50% to 0% with the chance of possibly recovering if they can fix the issue or prove the damage or not recover at all anymore. A chance I wish to not take. For now I’m trying to learn how to live with this bs.
I got my wisdom tooth extracted last week currently I have numbness on the left side of my tongue and inner gums on the left side it's really scaring me I feel like a current sensation on the tongue what can I do to get it better
Ok my question is if I have a bad wisdom teeth (black color with cavity), but if it is not causing pain is it really necessary to take that risk and remove it?
The cavity is gonna move towards the tooth next to it and spread it thru out. Which could cause you to lose your others. Find a good dentist/oral and get it removed.
Don’t do it!!!! It’s not worth the pain agony and potential damage to nerves. I was going to get all four removed but I’m glad I didn’t cause my whole mouth would probably be nerve damaged. I just had lower right wisdom removed and four days later the right side of my tongue is numb can’t feel a thing. Smh
Hello doctor..I just had a surgery over wisdom tooth area..but not remove..just cut the skin over the wisdom tooth.The doctor put a an injection to numb the place before perform the surgery.After surgery I can’t feel my tounge left side.i perform surgery on 1/8/21.What should i do now?. It will heal itself?
I had right side bottom wosdom tooth pulled out in tijuana mex ..that's was the worst thing I could have done I cant feel half my toung it's been 3 weeks doctor gave me vitamina D and some other medications it's almost been 1 month and still no feeling on the side of toung Pls tell me do you think I will get my toung feeling Back?????
I feel lot better progress with my tongue but I still have numbness that's not going away I don't know if it's just me getting used to it time will tell and I still have my left side wisdom bottom teeth to remove I'm so scared the same thing will happen
For everybody experiencing this. Cocaine is the only thing helping me get my nerves firing and tongue back. I’m about 87% back due to cocaine use at night.
Cocaine has helped. I am almost recovered fully after weeks of numbness due to controlled amounts of cocaine. The pain is gone but slightly numbness. Cocaine helps get the nerves fireing (at least for me ) It’s been the only thing to Works.
Got my 2 bottom wisdom removed and left side developed an abscess that turned to sepsis and I almost died. 2 surgery’s in 5 days. Felt like a thunder storm goin across my tongue for long time. Steroids didn’t work. And nothing helped. Tried a line of cocaine and was in heaven. Now I’m making a recovery after 3 weeks of full tongue numbness now down to about 90% recovery. Still can’t open my mouth fully on left side hurts in my jaw and stings my left side of tongue when force open. But the cocaine feels amazing . Don’t buy on the streets get from the Latinos or trusted source. For full effect place porcelain plate on hot stove and break cocaine over it using receipt And card . Place a little on your numb area and snort the rest. It’s all you need brotha Please see how you feel in few days.
@@royaltudda373 I've been on vitamin B supplements since then to aid the healing and it's very very slowly coming back. All I feel is tingling and pain but any progress is good. So far still no sense of touch or taste though
I got my wisdom teeth removed a month ago, I still can’t taste on the left side of my tongue and there is some numbness but not much, I can somewhat feel texture. Will I ever go back to normal??
Is it back to normal for you? I got my a couple wisdom teeth removed 4 days ago, and I also have some numbness on my tongue's left side. It can't really taste or feel temperature of food, but I can feel texture. I'm hoping it will go back to normal since it's not completely without any feeling!
@@mannotwiththeplan sadly no!! I still can’t taste on my left side, though I do feel the tingly sensation from mint or spicy stuff and some texture, but no taste! It’s month #2 and honestly I’m losing hope but I’m also getting used to it :/
@@nikimj1 Don't give up yet! I hear it could take 6 months to recover, but if it's been a year then it might be permanent. You already talk to your doctor about it?
@@mikegutierrez6227 If the nerve is slightly injured, it might take a few weeks or months to repair itself. If it's heavily injured, it might take a year. If it's completely severed, it's permanent. There isn't much you can do, but there are surgeries that can try to repair the nerve ... you can look up surgeries to repair the inferior alveolar nerve and lingual nerves