Extractions
Decay
Extracting a Decayed Tooth For your dental health. Dentistry has come a long way, and we'll use all the technology at our disposal to save your natural teeth. But unfortunately, some situations exist where teeth have been so badly damaged by...
Dry Socket
For your dental health. Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket after a tooth is extracted. The condition usually develops when a blood clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose. Dry socket occurs in approximately 5 pe...
Extraction
Homecare -Extractions For your dental health. * The initial healing period usually takes one to two weeks, and you'll likely experience some swelling for the first 48 hours. * Before the procedure began, you were given an anesthetic...
Periodontal Disease
Tooth Extraction For your dental health. The roots of your teeth are encased in sockets in your jawbone, and are held in place by ligaments. When your teeth and gums are healthy, the bone comes up high against the necks of your teeth and holds...
Primary Teeth
Removing Primary Teeth For your dental health. When things go right, baby teeth fall out on their own without any special attention. The permanent teeth, which lie right below the gums, come in directly underneath the baby teeth. As the...
Single Tooth
Single Tooth Extraction For your dental health. People are sometimes anxious when they have a tooth removed, and fear of the unknown is usually the cause of this anxiety. We'd like you to know about the steps we take when we extract a tooth, as...
Single Tooth
Alternatives to Single Tooth Extraction For your dental health. When you're thinking about how to treat a problem tooth, you have three options: * Remove it * Save it * Delay treatment Copyright 2003 CAESY Education Systems, Inc....
Wisdom Teeth
Why Do We Remove Wisdom Teeth? For your dental health. Your last molars, called the third molars or wisdom teeth, typically begin to come in (erupt) during the late teen years or early twenties. When they don't have room to grow in, or...
Wisdom Teeth
Wisdom Tooth Extraction For your dental health.Before we begin Before we remove your wisdom teeth, we'll thoroughly examine your mouth and teeth, and we'll also take X-rays of the teeth we're going to remove so we can evaluate their roots and t...
Wisdom Teeth
Alternatives to Wisdom Teeth Extraction For your dental health. When you're thinking about how to deal with your wisdom teeth, you have two options: * Keep them * Remove them A few lucky people are able to keep their wisdom teeth, us...