Oh gosh. I’m so sorry.
My husband had his wisdom teeth removed several years ago, but years and years after he should have had them removed, and they had grown into his jaw bone.
One side was fine, but his jaw fractured on the other side, unknown to anyone. He was in pain for weeks, and the dentist told him to take Advil.
For a few months, the pain never got better, it never healed, and his stomach hurt. Very long story short, after x-rays and an endoscopy, he had an ulcer from the Advil and bone fragments in his jaw.
Only after the fragments were removed and he stopped taking Advil did he get better.
The gastroenterologist told us that she sees the results of dentists prescribing OTC pain relievers all the time.
I try not to let him tough things out anymore, but he’s going to do only what he wants to do.
My husband had his wisdom teeth extracted a few years ago. On the day we were there, the office was very busy, and the nurses were running back and forth. When the procedure was over and I went back to get my husband’s pain meds, the nurse seemed pretty distracted. I got her attention and asked her to focus so that we could get the dosage correct.
Well, as it turned out, she wasn’t focused. The surgeon called that evening to check his progress, and I told him my husband had slept most of the day. He asked for the pain med dosage, and was horrified when I told him. Thanks to the nurse, I had been overdosing my husband all day.
That story hit home a bit.
My Daddy had the exact same problem way back in the 50s. I still remember it. Fortunately he had a much easier time than your husband.
The dentist discovered that his roots had done just what you described. He had Daddy admitted to the hospital and an oral surgeon removed the wisdom teeth.
I bet if the dentist had just tried to pull them it would have been a mess.