Swollen area behind tooth 31
I'm 9 days post op after having tooth #30 extracted. It was a pretty difficult extraction since the tooth had to be cut into sections and broken apart to get it out.
So far everything seems to be healing well. I have little to no pain and I haven't had any major issues. The only thing that's worrying me is the area behind tooth #31. It's swollen? It feels raised enough that I can't fully close my mouth anymore. When I try to bite down, that swollen area hits the roof of my mouth before my teeth on the other side can touch.
The area feels mostly soft but there's also one spot that feels kind of firm with a slightly sharp edge kinda on the side of it. I've already had three wisdom teeth removed, and my dentist never mentioned another tooth back there when looking at my X-rays before the extraction of #30 so I don't think it's a tooth.
Has anyone else experienced this after a difficult extraction? Is this kind of swelling normal, and does it eventually go down? Before the extraction even with my pretty severe underbite, I could close my mouth normally and chew on the opposite side without any issues now I can longer do so without some discomfort, so this has me a little concerned