Extractions

What is a tooth extraction?

Tooth extraction is an outpatient procedure to extract a tooth. Tooth extraction is also termed pulling a tooth. Tooth extraction is performed to treat overpopulated teeth or extract a tooth that is too firmly decayed or infected to protect with a filling, root canal, or another method.

Extracting a tooth is usually deemed reliable, but there are opportunities and likely complications. In addition, it is just one technique managed to treat spoiled or overcrowded teeth. Discuss all of your treatment alternatives with your provider to recognize which prospects are precise for you.

Types of tooth extractions

There are two common kinds of tooth extractions. They incorporate:

Simple extractions extract teeth that you can observe above your gums. Comprehensive dentists usually complete manageable extractions utilizing local anesthesia and sometimes sedation. Simple extractions do not need the dentist to cut the gums and suture them back up.
Surgical extractions extract teeth below the gum line, such as teeth splintered off or teeth that have not entirely developed. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons and comprehensive dentists present surgical extractions utilizing local anesthesia and sedation or usual anesthesia.

Surgical tooth extractions involve cutting the gums, breaking up the tooth, and possibly removing bone near the tooth root.

Other procedures that may perform

Your provider may perform other procedures after a tooth extraction to place an artificial tooth. However, leaving space can lead to the loss of jawbone tissue and the shifting of other teeth. This can result in changes in facial structure and problems with biting, chewing, and speaking.

Treatments and restorations that present artificial teeth include:

Dental bridges restore an extracted tooth by enduringly connecting a false tooth to nearby actual teeth. A dental bridge is stable or fixed. You cannot get it out of your mouth without guidance from your dentist.
Dental implants consist of a metal post implanted into your jawbone. The implant connects to an abutment connector, and a constant false tooth (crown) is secured on the abutment. Dental implants are perpetual or fixed. Sometimes detachable dentures are connected to dental implants.
Dentures are detachable devices manufactured to restore missing teeth. Dentures may be incomplete or complete and are sometimes connected to a dental implant.

It would help if you brushed your teeth twice a day and floss every day following your tooth extraction as your dentist or surgeon focused. Then, visit your dentist for routine cleanings and checkups as prescribed to keep your outstanding teeth healthy and free of decay and infection.