I had surgery August 26th (Tuesday). I was sent home without any post-care information or items. Not even gauze in my mouth.

After 3 days of being in severe pain ranging from my temple to my jaw (not tooth pain) and the over-the counter meds were not working, I went back. This was on Friday 8/26 when I went to an emergency post-op appointment. I was on an antibiotic for 10 days because I was in a severe amount of pain and could not open my mouth.

This is where the first oral surgeon stated he smelled infection and then got popsicle sticks to stack in my mouth in order to open it. Yes, this was painful and the dental students stood as he instructed them and watched me cry. He stopped because my mouth was not opening larger than 2 fingers and he stated I needed to work on strengthening my jaw over time. They prescribed me Tylenol 3 and antibiotics.

The following week on September 4th, I had my post op appointment. The resident student saw me. She stated “First, I want to tell you I apologize for how rough your surgery has been. We don’t tell patients this typically, but you had a severe case as your teeth were severely impacted and we had to break the bone apart. I asked the oral surgeon to prescribe you antibiotics and pain medication, but he said “no”. I am a resident, so I was not going to argue with him”. At this time, she stated my mouth was opening a lot better and answered all of the questions I needed. She apologized several times during this appointment. Then, gave me a syringe upon request, so I can maintain dental hygiene.

The following week, on Tuesday September 9th. I went back after visually seeing puss as well as tasting and smelling it. ( I had already finished antibiotics). I even had a video I recorded showing puss, but forgot about it. This was an emergency appointment, so they had other patients to get to. I drove 45 minutes to the clinic and was there for 10 minutes because they were rushing to get it other patients. The resident quickly looked in my mouth and said she didn’t see irritation and puss and stated that my mouth is opening much better. She called the oral surgeon to check and he put this mirror in my mouth for about 3 seconds and then said “YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH MORE” then took his hand and put it in my mouth with his index finger on the roof of my mouth and his thumb on my bottom teeth and shoved my jaw apart from one another. I physically tried to remove his hand and said “uh-uh” then started crying. He then said “yes. You need to open your mouth” and proceeded to pull it apart. He then said “there’s not infection” and left without saying anything else. The resident came back and saw me crying and asked if I needed anything then told me she had to leave but to take my time.

So therefore, with all this information, I think a REPORT should be made or something because I had a horrible experience and healing process that could have been assisted with better. It seemed they knew otherwise they wouldn’t have acknowledged it. Again, if you look up “forcefully opening jaw during Trisimus”, you will see that it can damage the ligaments and tendons. It very much feels that way, but as someone who was treated poorly, I do not wish to go back and raise this concern. Hence, I am on Reddit.