For a variety of causes, including serious decay or injury, tooth extraction may be required. A tooth extraction, one of the most frequent dental treatments, can get rid of microorganisms and enhance your general oral health.
A dental operation called a tooth extraction involves entirely removing your tooth from its socket. This is sometimes referred to as “pulling” a tooth.
When feasible, healthcare professionals prefer to preserve natural teeth. However, there are situations when additional restorative measures, like as dental crowns or fillings, are required. If the damage to your tooth is too severe to be repaired, it can be necessary to extract it. Having your teeth extracted may be advised by your dentist if you:
The benefits of tooth extraction are numerous. Most significantly, it lessens dangerous germs that might hurt your gums and teeth. A rotting or damaged tooth can ruin your smile and lead to other issues if it is not repaired. Your best chance for achieving ideal dental health is to have your impacted tooth extracted. Additionally, if your tooth was seriously cracked or infected, an extraction can help relieve dental discomfort almost immediately.
Our dentist will assess your affected tooth and surrounding gums. Our dentist will also take dental X-rays to check bone levels and determine the extent of damage. Be sure to tell us about any medications, vitamins or supplements you're taking. Once all information is gathered, treatment and sedation options will be discussed with you in detail.
Your afflicted tooth and the gum tissue around it will first be numbed with local anesthesia. Your dentist will gently loosen your tooth and carefully take it out of its socket using specialist dental tools. When your tooth is severely decaying or has broken off at the gum line, your dentist may occasionally need to create incisions in your gums to have access to it. The socket is cleansed and sterilized after your tooth has been extracted. A dental bone graft, which helps stop bone loss in your jaw, may occasionally be implanted by your dentist. Finally, to aid in the healing process, stitches may be used.
Once the treatment is finished, our dentist will cover the extraction site with a piece of gauze and instruct you to apply firm, consistent pressure. Thus, a blood clot can form by slowing the bleeding. (Clotting is a typical part of healing. It encourages healing and lowers the chance of developing dry sockets.) Once the bleeding has sufficiently subsided, you can remove the gauze. Throughout the first 24 hours, you can continue to experience minor bleeding.