okay so when do these things get better anyways... it's been like 4 days and they are still sore. and now my mouth tastes really bad. i even brushed my teeth for the first time today and it still tastes bad. it tastes like a combination the dentist's office and general stale oral dirtiness. argh. i think it hurts more today than it did yesterday.
I still had visible bruising on the outside of my face for about nine - ten days, it started around the fourth day. Swelling didn't completely subside for six - seven days and the pain coincided approximately with the swelling, although for up to a month it hurt to bite down even lightly on something directly where the teeth use to be.
My situation was probably worse than typical, it was a very difficult extraction. Nobody believes me when I show them a photo that was taken 48 hours after having them pulled. They think I packed my cheeks with something to make them look so badly swollen. Nope, haha.
I guess they didn't think it was possible for a face to swell that much.