hey all, i really need some advice or reasurrence or somethnin cos im going nuts. i had my tooth removed on saturday morning, and this is my 5th day and im still in pain. i went back to my dentist yesterday and she said that it was healing fine, and that it was a big tooth and it should settle down soon, i have no infection there as i was doing everything right, not smoking, ( still not had a fag since saturday ) rinsing with salt water, just being very careful. but oh my god it still hurts so much. the gum is still swollen and briused, the socket is still sore, the injection site is very tender still, and my jaw still hurts. everytime i move it starts to throb so much i have to sit back down again. after 5 days i thought i would start to feel better, but now im in jst as much pain as i was before i had the bloody thing out, least with the abcess it was drained and had anti biotics. i went private for this and paid £170 to have just the 1 tooth out, and thought i could get back to my normal self, cos this tooth has been causing so many problems for the past 3mths, its now making me very depressed, cos pain killers are not helping. im taking neurofen 3 times a day and paracetomol every 4 hours, i can't take anything stronger as im allergic to codine. i just dont know why its hurting so much . any feed back would be grateful. x