I would give the oral surgeon a call and tell him your bite feels misaligned. I would think he would just recommend some anti-inflammatories, try to ice it down with the swelling and recommend a soft diet with some stretching exercises. The muscles may be sore and its throwing your bite off. But I think he would probably want to see you to document the findings and make sure to monitor your recovery.
Ah! I should have read your response more closely. I saw him again yesterday, but we didn't communicate effectively - I continued to describe the problem as "my teeth are misaligned" and he didn't seem to acknowledge that my bite was misaligned (Or maybe he did notice?. It was a bit unclear). There isn't really any swelling or much pain anymore unless I hit certain spots with my toothbrush, so I assumed that either way it's just a matter of working the muscles and them recovering, and left after 5 minutes.
By coincidence I had a cleaning with my regular dentist today, and she noticed that my bite was off and clarified to me that "bite" was the correct terminology, and said basically the same thing as my oral surgeon, just more clearly - give time/exercise to the muscles.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Ah! I should have read your response more closely. I saw him again yesterday, but we didn't communicate effectively - I continued to describe the problem as "my teeth are misaligned" and he didn't seem to acknowledge that my bite was misaligned (Or maybe he did notice?. It was a bit unclear). There isn't really any swelling or much pain anymore unless I hit certain spots with my toothbrush, so I assumed that either way it's just a matter of working the muscles and them recovering, and left after 5 minutes.
By coincidence I had a cleaning with my regular dentist today, and she noticed that my bite was off and clarified to me that "bite" was the correct terminology, and said basically the same thing as my oral surgeon, just more clearly - give time/exercise to the muscles.
Thanks a lot for your help!