At Healthy Habit Dental Care, we always try to save your natural teeth. But unfortunately, treating your smile with root canal therapy or dental crowns isn’t always possible. If your teeth are too damaged or decayed, we may need to remove them to protect your oral health! When you need a tooth pulled, trust Healthy Habit Dental Care with your extraction. We utilize patient-centered solutions and innovative technology, such as an electrosurgical unit, to make extractions more comfortable and less traumatic.
What Is a Tooth Extraction?
A tooth extraction is a dental procedure that involves removing a tooth from its socket. At Healthy Habit Dental Care, we only perform extractions when absolutely necessary. Otherwise, we’ll try to save your tooth with root canal therapy or a dental crown first.
If a tooth is too damaged or infected, it risks the spread of bacteria to surrounding teeth. In this case, we will need to carefully remove it to protect your oral health.
However, Healthy Habit Dental uses a specialized electrosurgical unit (ESU) to lessen the trauma associated with extractions. This machine uses a precise, high‑frequency electrical current that generates a gentle heat that cuts (or vaporizes) the tissues surrounding your problem tooth. The heat helps expose your tooth for easier extraction, while also disturbing less of your gum tissue!
Using an electrosurgical unit, we can provide a more comfortable extraction process with less bleeding and a shorter healing period.
Types of Tooth Extraction
At our office, we will use one of two types of tooth extractions, depending on your needs.
A simple extraction is exactly as it sounds: simple! Using specialized dental tools, we will loosen your tooth in its socket. Then, with a gentle and steady grip, we will pull the tooth from your jaw in one piece!
This type of extraction is most applicable when the tooth is easily accessible or in soft bone. However, for teeth that are partially under the gums, difficult to reach, or in harder bone, we may need to use a surgical extraction.
A surgical extraction involves cutting open the gums to reveal the tooth. Then, if we’re unable to extract the tooth in one piece, we’ll need to break it up into smaller pieces. After removing each piece and all debris, we’ll flush out your empty socket and stitch your gums back up to facilitate healing.
However, it’s important to note that at Healthy Habit Dental Care, we do not remove impacted wisdom teeth and will refer you to an oral surgeon if necessary.
Steps To Take After a Tooth Extraction
Thanks to the use of an electrosurgical unit, patients can experience a more comfortable extraction process. Additionally, this gentler method allows us to focus on replacing missing teeth much sooner post-extraction.
Rather than waiting months for your tissues to heal before tooth replacement, we can actually place a dental implant the same day!
Mini dental implants are small titanium posts that secure in your jaw to replace missing teeth. Unlike other dental implant solutions, mini implants are minimally invasive, resulting in less postoperative discomfort.
By combining gentler extractions with an ESU and mini dental implants, we can remove and replace your tooth in just one appointment!
Trust Healthy Habit Dental Care With Your Smile in Temecula, CA
When your natural teeth are beyond saving, you may need a tooth extraction! At Healthy Habit Dental Care, we provide gentler extractions using an electrosurgical unit to help reduce discomfort. Then, once your tooth is removed, we can replace it during the same appointment with a mini dental implant.
Think you may need a tooth extraction? Book a free consultation with us in Temecula, CA, today!
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