What Are Some Of The Most Common Reasons For Tooth Extraction?

Once it comes to dental operations, extractions or getting teeth “pulled” is amongst patient’s most frightening moment. Tooth extraction or exodontia involves the removal of a tooth from its socket. Before your dentist considers extraction, he or she will attempt all possible ways to fix your teeth. However, sometimes tooth extraction is unavoidable. Some factors that influence dentist decision to extract your teeth include the reaction towards treatment, the patient’s medical history, quality of the teeth, caries rates and oral hygiene

Causes of teeth Extraction

There are various reasons why dentists extract teeth. These include:

Severe tooth trauma: some teeth may have extensive damage (cracked or broken) and decay and it may be impossible to fix them. For instance, teeth affected by progressed periodontal (gum) disease might need to be extracted. Usually as the gum disease advance, the teeth loosens to an extent that the only solution is tooth extraction.

Nonfunctional: Your dentist might recommend extraction of teeth that are essentially useless (that has no opposing teeth to against) or misaligned. It is a way to prevent complications that otherwise could arise in future.

Orthodontic treatment: for instance, braces might require tooth extraction to create needed space to improve teeth alignment.

Extra/ supernumerary Teeth: extra teeth may prevent other teeth from erupting. Thus it is advisable to eliminate them in advance.

Radiation: neck and head radiation therapy might require removal of teeth in the area of radiation so as to help evade potential complications, such as infection.

Chemotherapy: it usually weakens the immune system, heightening the danger of tooth infections, thus increasing the risk of extraction.

Organ Transplant: medications that are immunosuppressive prescribed after organ transplant can increase the possibility of tooth infection. Intrinsically, some teeth need removal before the transplant.

Commonly Removed Teeth

Wisdom teeth are one the most common type of teeth usually extracted. Many dental practitioners will recommend extracting third molars (wisdom teeth) before they fully develop, mostly in the adolescent years to aid eliminating potential problems. One of the problems that may occur is the development of a tooth that has no space in the mouth to grow. Other problems linked with impacted teeth include the gum disease, the bite interference, the decay of adjacent teeth and the infection.

Removal of certain permanent teeth that have not erupted, for example, the canines, also referred to as eye teeth or fangs might be required so as to make room for orthodontic treatment.

There are two kinds of extractions:

A simple extraction: it is performed on visible teeth in the mouth . An anesthetic is offered to the patient prior to the procedure to numb the area. Specialized instruments are used to loosen the tooth and then held on with forceps. The tooth is loosened continuously until it “slides out” from jaw’s bone socket. In some instances, the extraction site is closed with a suture so that the place can heal faster, but mostly a suture is not required at all.

A surgical extraction: it’s carried out on the teeth that can’t easily be seen in the mouth. They may not have sprung yet, or they may be chipped at the gum line. To find and remove the tooth, oral surgeon or dentist has to cut and draw back your gum “flap” to give access to extract bone and a piece of the tooth. It allows your tooth to be extracted with ease. Your gums are then sewed back to allow healing and to close the surgical site wholly. Mostly the suture is removed after seven to ten days after your surgery.

Things to keep off after tooth extraction.

• Avoid anything that may dislodge grume and prevent or delay normal healing
• Do not vigorously spit or rinse, smoke, drink using a straw, or engage in strenuous activities for at least two to three days after extraction.
• Stay away from carbonated soft drinks, alcohol, foods that contain small grains or are crunchy or hot drink for two to three days after tooth extractions.
• Do not use an OTC mouth rinse or brush your gums (you can use homemade salt-and-water washes).

After dental extractions in north bend or anywhere else swelling may get worse, if that the case call your dentist for enquiries.