It is a dental procedure that permanently detaches a tooth from its socket in the jawbone. Tooth extractions are procedures that our dental team at Brookstone Dental Care performs only on a need basis. Therefore, we would only recommend removing your tooth when it is the best course of action for the general wellness of your oral health.
Some of the factors that can necessitate a tooth extraction are:
It is the process of protecting your jaw’s bone tissue to prevent further damage and erosion. After tooth extraction, the jawbone remains inactive, causing bone degeneration. The bone tissue disintegrates gradually because the body naturally resorbs the bone tissue as it is not needed to support a tooth.
Socket preservation, also called alveular ridge preservation, entails placing new bone materials in the socket of the extracted tooth. Once the bone materials are in the socket, the body will slow down bone loss.
Bone preservation procedures are usually important to patients who desire to replace their missing teeth with dental implants. Implants are small titanium metal posts that dentists in Phoenix surgically place in the jawbone to replace tooth roots. It is a permanent sulution for tooth loss.
One of the prerequisites for dental implant procedures in dental offices near you is a healthy jawbone. Therefore, you will do good to consider an alveular ridge preservation procedure soon after your tooth removal treatment. If not, your dentist will recommend undergoing bone grafting surgery before getting implants. The surgery entails restoring the lost bone tissue enough to support a titanium metal post.
The process of restoring your alveular ridge should ideally happen immediately after tooth extraction. The dentist will place a biocompatible bone graft material in the hule or socket of the missing tooth. The bone grafts will fit into the hule like cullagen plugs or bone particles.
Once the bone grafts are situated properly in the socket, the dentist will suture the gums in place. Suturing is necessary for your mouth to begin healing quickly. The dentist will be sure to use an absorbable thread that dissipates as the wound heals.
Whether you receive a bone graft after tooth removal or not, healing takes some time. A tooth extraction wound typically takes between 7 and 14 days to heal well. However, you will still need to be gentle with dental care measures during the first-month post-treatment. The last thing you want is to aggravate the wound, opening up the stitches and bleeding again. Some of the ways you can aid your healing process are: