Extractions
Some common reasons for dental extractions (tooth removal) include removal of wisdom teeth, badly fractured or decayed teeth, or to make room for orthodontic treatment.
Extractions are done surgically or non-surgically depending on the condition of the tooth. A surgical extraction is done when a tooth is not easily accessible because it hasn’t fully broken through or it has broken under the gum line. An incision is made to access the tooth, then a stitch is places to help healing.
Non-surgical extractions require dental type tweezers for careful tooth removal. Local anesthesia may be given to relieve the pain.
Post-extraction Healing
Following a tooth extraction, bleeding may occur during the first hour however, we will have you bite on cotton gauze to minimize the oozing. It takes roughly this long for a blood clot to form in the socket. The dental socket will take roughly a week to heal and the socket will fill in with soft gum tissue over the next one to two months. The final socket closure with bony remodeling can take six months or longer to fully heal, but this should be unnoticed by you.
Some common reasons for dental extractions (tooth removal) include removal of wisdom teeth, badly fractured or decayed teeth, or to make room for orthodontic treatment.
Extractions are done surgically or non-surgically depending on the condition of the tooth. A surgical extraction is done when a tooth is not easily accessible because it hasn’t fully broken through or it has broken under the gum line. An incision is made to access the tooth, then a stitch is places to help healing.
Non-surgical extractions require dental type tweezers for careful tooth removal. Local anesthesia may be given to relieve the pain.
Post-extraction Healing
Following a tooth extraction, bleeding may occur during the first hour however, we will have you bite on cotton gauze to minimize the oozing. It takes roughly this long for a blood clot to form in the socket. The dental socket will take roughly a week to heal and the socket will fill in with soft gum tissue over the next one to two months. The final socket closure with bony remodeling can take six months or longer to fully heal, but this should be unnoticed by you.
