When you have wisdom teeth soon to erupt, or if you have a tooth beyond repair with a crown, then you could benefit from a tooth extraction. We take steps to ensure your tooth removal is safe and comfortable. At Park Dental Arts in San Diego, CA, we can help preserve your smile and save it with a tooth extraction.
Wisdom Teeth and Other Concerns
What situations call for a tooth’s removal? We could take out teeth severely damaged or decayed/infected, which are beyond repair with a crown. Removing the tooth prevents the spread of infection to other parts of your smile. We could take out a tooth to help make room for orthodontic treatment, or to even pave the way for a set of dentures. Preventing wisdom tooth impaction is a major reason to have a tooth removed. As a person approaches the late teens or early 20s, four new molars could erupt in the rear of the mouth. Since there is little room for them, they could only partially erupt, causing a painful impaction. Wisdom teeth are also linked to damaged teeth, infection, and even misalignment. But we can avoid these complications with a tooth extraction.
Planning Your Tooth Removal
When you need to have a tooth extracted, our team will take detailed digital x-rays of your smile so we can pinpoint the exact position of the tooth and plan removal to avoid contact with nerve tissues, blood vessels, and sinus cavities. Our team will also numb the area with a local anesthetic to keep you comfortable. With dental sedation, we can help you enter a deep state of calm, even if you have dental anxiety. In most cases, you will have little to no memory of the procedure.
The Dental Extraction Process
Once you are numbed and comfortable, and we have planned the extraction in detail, we will take out the tooth with a pair of forceps. For wisdom teeth, we may need to open the gums above the teeth to access and remove them. We then suture the area closed and may provide medication to preserve the site, especially if we are going to replace the extracted tooth with a dental implant. The process could take as little as 30 minutes for some patients, and recovery only takes a day or two.
If you have any questions about how we will extract a tooth to preserve your smile, or if you would like to schedule a visit and use your remaining 2024 dental benefits, then contact our team today.
Schedule Your Oral Surgery Today
We want to offer a safe and gentle tooth extraction to preserve your smile. To schedule your appointment for restorative dentistry, please call our office in San Diego, CA, at (619) 544-1745.