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Tooth Extraction West Hartford, CT


Female patient smiling and holding up a mirror to her beautiful and restored smile at Elmwood Dental in West Hartford, CTNo one wants to hear that any of their teeth have to be pulled out.

However, this may be the only option available and necessary to ensure good oral health.

Any dentist will strive to save a tooth, but there are situations where this cannot be achieved and a tooth has to be removed.

A damaged tooth may be restored using dental fillings, root canal therapy, crowns, inlays, onlays, or other conservative treatments.

However, when these treatments and procedures cannot do the trick in repairing and saving a tooth, our dentist is left with one option - removing the tooth.

Why Are Tooth Extractions Necessary?


There are many situations when tooth extraction is considered necessary. If, for instance, you have been involved in an accident, and require immediate dental work done, tooth removal may be necessary.

Also, if an infection has widely spread such that it threatens the survival of the other teeth, then you should have the infected tooth extracted.

When wisdom teeth are impacted, the most appropriate way to prevent complications is to remove the teeth. An overcrowded mouth may also require one or several teeth to be removed to create space for the other teeth to grow straight.

If you are scheduled to wear braces to straighten your bite, and overcrowding is presenting challenges, you can have a single tooth or more removed so that the others can effectively straighten via the action of the braces.

Row of wooden tooth shapes, one of which is being pulled out of the row by dental pliers at Elmwood Dental in West Hartford, CT

Tooth Extraction Procedure


There are two ways an extraction can be done and it depends on whether a tooth is visible or is buried under the gums.

A visible tooth that is damaged beyond repair and needs extraction will need a simple extraction procedure. This procedure involves administering a numbing agent and loosening the tooth before pulling it out.

If a tooth is impacted or underneath the gumline, it requires our dentist to cut through the gums. This is known as the surgical extraction process.

The dentist cuts open the gum tissue surrounding the tooth to fully access it. Sometimes, other bone or tissue is cut away so that the dentist gains full access to the specific tooth and pulls it out.

At other times, you may find that a tooth is pulled out piece by piece.

Once removed, our dentist cleans the area and replaces the gum flap. We place sutures and treat the site with gauze.
As you can see, surgical removal of a tooth is a more complicated procedure.

Tooth Extraction Aftercare


Make sure you have stocked plenty of soft foods like applesauce and yogurt because you should not eat anything chewy or hard right after your extraction.

In a couple of days, you will be able to re-introduce solids back into your diet.

Brush your teeth, and try not to disturb the area of extraction until it has healed. A mouthwash can help during this time. Our dentist will guide you on how to brush and clean your mouth.

Need a tooth extraction? Visit our office in West Hartford. Consult with our team at Elmwood Dental for more information about our tooth extraction procedures.

Call us today at (833) 432-1457 to schedule your appointment!


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