Pain in knot which was stitched for removing wisdom teeth, feels like cyst. Normal?
Patient: Hi there, how are you? I am 3 weeks post op from having my lower impacted wisdom teeth removed. Now that the pain from my dry socket thankfully gone, I've noticed a knot in my cheek where the doc stitched my cheek together to cover the flap of the extraction site. This "knot" is very painful and it almost feels like a cyst. Is this normal and part of the recovery process? Doctor: THANKS FOR THE QUERY. AFTER THREE WEEKS OF YOUR TOOTH EXTRACTION IF THE REMAINING SUTURE KNOT IS STILL PRESENT, THERE IS ALWAYS CHANCE OF GETTING INFECTION FROM THAT SUTURE KNOT. WHAT YOU FEELS LIKE CYST THAT CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED WITHOUT SEEING IT, BUT A CYST CANNOT FORM SO EARLY. IT IS A PROBABLY SOME GRANULATION TISSUE, MAY BE COVERED BY EPITHELIUM. YOU SHOULD VISIT YOUR DENTIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE 'KNOT' AS YOU DESCRIBED.