How Should I Sleep After Wisdom Tooth Removal. For this reason, avoid sleeping on your side after wisdom teeth removal. Although it will depend on how long the recovery period is, you may need to try sleeping on your back for between 3 to 7 days.
Unfortunately, the removal of wisdom teeth will affect how you sleep. That been said, when you have your wisdom teeth removal while under or awake, you should not feel any pain other than the injection anyway in the case of numbing/local anesthesia. If you cannot tolerate the pain from the injection (yes it stings, just like a regular injection anywhere in the body) and pressure with being awake during wisdom teeth removal you might want to be put to sleep.
This minimizes the chance of infection or nerve damage and ensures that your procedure goes as smoothly as possible.
Having your wisdom teeth taken out can sometimes result in mild pain, temporary numbness, soreness, tenderness, or tiredness. Unfortunately, the removal of wisdom teeth will affect how you sleep. So if pain after a wisdom tooth extraction is normal, the question is…what’s ‘normal’ and how bad should it be? Sleeping on your stomach or side is not recommended as you might squish your cheeks thus adding more pressure to a sore area.