Oral surgery can take on complex oral health issues and protect your smile from major complications. For example, with a general tooth extraction, our team can help you avoid issues like wisdom tooth impaction. In today’s blog, your Santa Rosa, CA, oral surgeon talks about the process of extracting teeth and explains when your smile may need this procedure.
The Reasons We May Extract a Tooth
When will our team conduct a tooth extraction? We may recommend this procedure when we see a patient with a tooth too decayed, damaged, or infected to be treated with traditional restorative solutions, like a crown. Leaving this tooth in place could allow infection to reach other parts of the smile and cause worsening pain or even tooth loss. Our team could also take out teeth to ensure there is room for orthodontic treatment, or to remove what has been loosened by periodontitis. If you have suffered from major tooth loss already, we could conduct extraction to pave the way for a set of dentures. If you or a family member has wisdom teeth soon to erupt, we could remove them before they do so you avoid impactions, misalignment, and other major complications.
How We Ensure the Procedure is Comfortable
Our team has experience with oral surgery. In fact, our doctors work with the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Trauma Team, and in our practice, they follow the same strict guidelines and operating procedures you would expect of a hospital operating room. We will examine the smile in detail with digital systems so we can plan it in detail. Our team also offers calming medications, from local anesthesia to sedation, so you feel relaxed and calm, with little to no memory of the procedure, even if you have special needs or dental anxiety.
The Extraction Process
When we have planned the procedure in detail and ensured you are comfortable, we will then remove the tooth with a pair of forceps. If we are extracting wisdom teeth, we will open the gums above the teeth so we can access and remove them. Next, we take out the teeth and suture the area closed. The procedure could take as little as a half hour. Our team will offer detailed aftercare instructions and prescriptions for medications to aid in the healing period, so you can return to your normal routine in about 24 to 48 hours.
Talk to Our Team About Tooth Removal in Santa Rosa, CA
With oral surgical procedures like tooth extraction, we can keep your smile healthy and whole. To learn more about the process of removing a tooth, then give us a call at Santa Rosa Oral Surgery at (707)545-4625 today!
