Q. I had a large molar removed about 6 weeks ago and as soon as the local anaesthetic wore off I found I had trismus. It was an easy removal and in fact the dentist gave in on the first attempt! I went back 2 days later – already with trismus – and this time the dentist performed a surgical extraction which involved lots of cutting and even some bone removal I believe. I had 13 injections over the two visits and both were quite long. I already had a clicky jaw and had mild trismus some years back, simply from yawning too wide – I tend to stifle yawns now. Before this procedure my jaw was as good as it gets and I was able to eat anything, but after the procedure I found I initially could hardly move my jaw at all, though this increased to about 3 mm to bite with once the swelling and infection subsided, though this has since reduced back to the point where I can’t really get a space without a lot of discomfort.,