Oral surgery can help your smile, taking on serious issues that threaten your oral health. In some cases, this involves gently and carefully removing a tooth. In today’s blog, your Newport Beach, CA, oral surgeon talks about how we help smiles with a tooth extraction!
The Reasons for Removing a Tooth
Why does a tooth need to be extracted? When possible, we can usually offer a cosmetic solution to a damaged or decayed/infected tooth with a custom dental crown, one that caps the tooth and repairs it to stop pain and the risk of tooth loss. But if the issue is too severe to be treated with a crown, then infection could spread to other parts of your smile. Extracting the tooth could protect your smile as a whole.
We could also remove teeth to aid in orthodontic treatment, pave the way for dentures, or to help improve overall bite balance and chewing function. If you have wisdom teeth soon to erupt, we could take them out before they do and protect your smile from misalignment and painful impactions.
Steps to Keep You Comfortable
We know the idea of oral surgery could be a source of anxiety, especially if you already have a fear of the dentist. But remember, we always take time to ensure the comfort of our patients. We want to ensure everyone enjoys a positive experience, even if they are having one or more teeth removed. Our team can numb the area directly with a local anesthesia. We could also choose from three different sedation potions to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, with little to no memory of the procedure at all!
The Tooth Extraction Process
Our team will plan the tooth extraction in detail to ensure you remain calm and comfortable, and to ensure we don’t make contact with any nerve tissues, sinus cavities, or blood vessels. We then numb the area and offer sedation to ensure they stay comfortable. Our team will then gently remove the tooth with a pair of forceps. In some cases, this could take as little as a half hour. Our team will then suture the area closed, and will send you instructions to ensure you can avoid dislodging a clot, so the area heals quickly and you can return to your normal routine after a day or two of rest. We will also provide prescriptions for medications to help in this process.
If you have any questions, then contact our team today to learn more.
Talk To Balboa Dental Surgery About Removing Teeth
Our team wants to help protect your smile with oral surgery! To learn more about how we extract a tooth, or to schedule your appointment, contact your Newport Beach, CA oral surgeon at (949) 630-0143!
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