Wisdom teeth removal - Permanent numbness??? HALP!

I got one troublesome wisdom tooth taken out on Thursday at 9 AM, its now Friday 6 PM (33 hrs later) and I still don't have feeling in the right side of my tongue! I called the doctor and he said the feeling will return gradually, but that was before 24 full hours had passed. Has anyone else gotten their wisdom teeth taken out and had numbness like this that didn't go away after 4 hours or so when the local anasthesia wore off? I'm fucking worried.

When I got my wisdom teeth removed a couple years ago I was told that numbness could last for awhile but almost always fades away. It depends from person to person. The reason for that is because the wisdom teeth are so close to the nerves in your mouth. Having them disturbed is fairly normal. If feeling hasn't returned in a week or two, then it might be an issue, but even then, it can still sometimes take longer to return. Only in very rare cases are loss of feeling permanent, as far as I know. (Fortunately though I had none of these issues.)

When I get teeth pulled it usually takes about 3-6 hours for the numbing needle to wear off, but I have heard it affects everyone differently. If it's still there when you get up tomorrow then I would go see a doctor as it's probably nerve damage.

Just don't try to bite your tongue. For the love of God don't bite your tongue.
 
Numbness will go away in a little while. Like the poster above said, if a week or two passes and it's still numb, then you should be worried.

Are you experiencing anything like this...
 

Numbess took a couple days for me.  Sucked ass too because my mom had made amazing food those days. 

Hey duder I also got my wisdom teeth taken out that exact same day at that exact same time no less. No problems to report though, bummer for you.

I would suggest asking a professional, not a community on a video game website.

I would suggest asking a professional, not a community on a video game website.

Touch her shoulder.

I would suggest asking a professional, not a community on a video game website.

No idea. All four of my wisdom teeth came through fine and I still have them. 

Just don't try to bite your tongue. For the love of God don't bite your tongue.
 
Numbness will go away in a little while. Like the poster above said, if a week or two passes and it's still numb, then you should be worried.

Not for wisdom teeth, but I had my mouth numbed at the dentist relatively recently and it lasted for days.

As long as your mouth is swollen, you can experience numbness. As someone else said, the roots of wisdom teeth are close to the maxillary nerve which is basically a bundle of all the nerves that go into that side of your jaw. Swollen tissue around this point can separate the axons of the nerves to the point they don't function. Once the swelling goes down, they'll fire back up.

If your mouth is still 100% numb and your mouth isn't swollen you could have a problem going on, you might want to do a check up asap.

When i had mine removed mine stayed numb for about 24 hours, it really depends on the person, i also had a tooth removed because i didn't have enough to pay for a root canal and i was only numb for about 6 hours. try going to the ER tomorrow, you have nothing to lose by doing so.

Never had any of mine pulled thankfully.

When i got my wisdom teeth out i got laughing gas. Holy shit that was amazing.

My tounge was numb for maybe 3 days. I had some weird nerve twitching when I would stretch out my tounge, my left cheek would burn but that went away in a week.

I got one troublesome wisdom tooth taken out on Thursday at 9 AM, its now Friday 6 PM (33 hrs later) and I still don't have feeling in the right side of my tongue! I called the doctor and he said the feeling will return gradually, but that was before 24 full hours had passed. Has anyone else gotten their wisdom teeth taken out and had numbness like this that didn't go away after 4 hours or so when the local anasthesia wore off? I'm fucking worried.

@Pibo47 said:

When i got my wisdom teeth out i got laughing gas. Holy shit that was amazing.

Whenever I got laughing gas at the dentist they would torcher me with dumb jokes and I would bust out laughing at all of them, good times.