Sedation Dentistry Unused
Do you have a tooth that needs to be pulled?
Teeth can end up needing to be extracted for several different reasons. For example deep decay, a nerve infection, a gum infection, a broken tooth or a lack of bone can all be reasons that a dentist decides that a tooth needs to be extracted. Wisdom teeth can need pulling if they pack food, cause gum infections, damage their neighbors or crowd the other teeth.
Fortunately, there’s more good news than bad news about extractions! Thanks to oral sedation, extractions are way more comfortable and way less scary than they were for our grandparents. No more dental scenes that resemble silent (or not-so-silent) films. Plus, with dental implant options available, losing a tooth no longer means stepping closer to full dentures.
The Bad News: Infections are Dangerous
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Extractions: Simple or Surgical?
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Putting Your Safety First with a CT Scan Emergency
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Emergency Extractions
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Wisdom Teeth Extractions
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Not sure if you actually need an extraction?
We meet new patients all the time coming in for a second opinion and feeling frustrated that another dentist wanted to take a tooth out that the patient is pretty sure could be saved. What we’ve discovered is that about 5% of the time, there was a restorative option available that was overlooked. However, about 95% of the time, the tooth needs to be extracted and the diagnosing dentist simply didn’t take the time to adequately explain why. It’s easy as a dentist who does teeth all day long every day, to forget that patients don’t do teeth all day long and that they need extra information in order to feel comfortable making decisions, especially about losing teeth. Dentists also have different personal guidelines about what ?saving a tooth? means.
How can you know if the tooth truly needs to come out or if it could actually be restored? Isn’t it best to keep your own teeth as long as possible?
We meet new patients all the time coming in for a second opinion and feeling frustrated that another dentist wanted to take a tooth out that the patient is pretty sure could be saved. What we’ve discovered is that about 5% of the time, there was a restorative option available that was overlooked. However, about 95% of the time, the tooth needs to be extracted and the diagnosing dentist simply didn’t take the time to adequately explain why. It’s easy as a dentist who ‘does teeth’ all day long every day, to forget that patients don’t ‘do teeth’ all day long and that they need extra information in order to feel comfortable making decisions, especially about losing teeth. Dentists also have different personal guidelines about what saving a tooth means.
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