I'm numb in several places inside my mouth although it's really hard to pinpoint exactly where. I'm wearing a splint and have elastics so aside from my tongue and my front bottom teeth, I'm not exactly sure where I have feeling and where I don't. But you know the feeling you get when you burn your mouth drinking really hot coffee or tea and it's so hot you burn your taste buds right off? Well I do have the ability to taste things but the inside of my mouth has that sensation of burning my mouth on something very hot. And it's a constant tingle that has been going on for days now. It never stops. But I haven't gotten any more feeling back that I'm aware of. How long does this normally last? It's driving me nuts!
On a side, my lower lip is also constantly tingling and I have zero feeling there or in my chin 8 days post op. My chin has had a few tingles but is mostly dead. I hope I'm not one of those unlucky ones that ends up not having any feeling return to my lip and/or chin! It would be miserable. I wonder the likelihood that the entire lip or chin would be numb with no feeling. Anyone know?
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