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Tooth Extraction and Healing - All You Should Know

Tooth Extraction is nothing but a simple process of removing your tooth from the mouth.

Extractions are done for variety of reasons. Dental decay that has almost killed the entire structure of tooth is the frequent signal for the tooth extraction.

Tooth extractions of problematic wisdom teeth or impacted teeth are regularly done, as are removal of permanent teeth to make room for this orthodontic treatment.


Extraction Types

Dental extractions are categorized as surgical or simple.

Surgical extractions normally involve removing the teeth that is not easily accessible or not reachable for surgery, may be either because it has not completely erupted or it has broken below the gum line.

In surgical tooth extraction the dental surgeon may lift up or elevate the soft tissues which is covering the bone and tooth and may remove the surrounding bone tissue with osteotome or with a drill.

Process involves in splitting the tooth into multiple pieces to ease its removal. Simple extraction is the other type of extraction, normally done on teeth that are easily accessible and visible, requires only the instruments to lift up the visible tooth portion, often done under local anesthetic.

In this process using the elevator, the tooth is typically lifted up and at the same time using the dental forceps, tooth is rocked forth and back until the supporting alveolar bone has been widened and the periodontal ligament has been sufficiently broken to make the tooth loose from its original position to remove it completely.

Post Dental - Extraction Healing

After successful tooth removal, it is normal for a clot to form in the socket.

Rarely this formed clot can become dislodged that results in dry socket condition or called as alveolar osteitis.

This occurs and it is not uncommon, happens totally after the removal of lower molars due to the less supply of blood than their maxillary corresponding item.

There are some factors that adds to its development, like smoking, birth control, age, surgery extent to remove the tooth, time duration of tooth extraction site that was exposed surgically and other various factors.

Alveolar osteitis or dry socket normally lengthens the curing process and causes irritation and discomfort that is not controllable even with pain drugs.

This is treated with surgical packing or medicated gauze that is replaced in every three to four days until granulation tissue covers the bone at the tooth extraction site.

Tooth extraction dressing often contains an essential oil, derived from cloves which alleviate the dry socket irritation.

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