When you have a tooth that is too severely damaged to be treated with a dental restoration, then we could remove it to protect your smile from major complications. Our team can also prevent issues like wisdom tooth impaction! In today’s blog, your Cerritos, CA, dentist talks about how we protect smiles with tooth extraction.
The Reasons for a Tooth Extraction
As we mentioned above, an extraction could be necessary when a tooth becomes too damaged to be treated with a crown, or if you have a cavity too severe to be treated with a filling or crown. Otherwise, this could allow infection to develop that threatens smile stability and could lead to tooth loss and the spread of infection to other parts of your smile. We could also take out a tooth to aid in orthodontic treatment, or to pave the way for a dental prosthetic.
The Dangers of Wisdom Teeth
One major reason we prescribe a tooth extraction is to remove wisdom teeth before they erupt. When our wisdom teeth arrive, this forces up to four new teeth in a smile that simply doesn’t have room for them. The result could be a painful impaction, or partial eruption, and the increased risk of infection, damaged teeth, and misalignment. But with tooth removal, we take them out before they can alter your smile in negative ways.
The Tooth Extraction Process
How do we remove a tooth? To begin, our team will carefully examine your smile with digital x-rays to pinpoint the position of your tooth. Next, we will plan the removal in detail to avoid contact with sensitive structures and sinus cavities. Our team will administer a local numbing agent and then offer sedation to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, often with no memory of the procedure at all. We then carefully remove the tooth with a pair of forceps and then suture the site closed. When you return home, you do so with instructions for facilitating a fast-healing period, and prescriptions for any necessary medications. We will monitor the area in a follow-up visit.
If you have any questions about how we conduct a tooth extraction to keep your smile healthy and avoid changes due to issues like wisdom tooth eruption, then contact our team today to learn more. We want to help you smile with confidence again, and enjoy better oral health and bite function in 2025 and beyond.
TALK TO OUR TEAM ABOUT TOOTH REMOVAL
To schedule a consultation and receive the care that makes your smile strong, then make an appointment with Cerritos Dental Surgery in California call 562-584-4082 today. Our team can offer oral surgery to help you enjoy better oral health and bite function, and results that look good too.
