Indications for Dental Extractions

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Indications for Dental Extractions
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A dental extraction or tooth removal may or may
not be complicated procedure. It is performed
with anesthesia, local or general, and may
indicate the need for some sedative to make the
procedure more comfortable for the patient.
Depending on the severity of the case, the
procedure may just involve the mere loosening of
the tooth from stable attachment,
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but some bone reduction and tooth sectioning may
also be required. Dental extractions may
performed on baby teeth and permanent teeth, on a
child or adult patient, and they are indicated
for various reasons- Preparing for the arrival
of the permanent tooth. The most basic dental
extractions are those that are
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indicated for exfoliated baby teeth with their
permanent counterparts already starting to
emerge. Most of the roots have exfoliated so much
of the tooth is held by gum tissue, with or
without some bone involvement. This makes it a
very simple dental extraction and may even be
carried out by the parent or the child, by simply
playing with the tooth until it completely
loosens.
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- A badly decayed tooth. A baby tooth or a
permanent tooth that has become severely decayed
and may no longer be restored by a dental filling
or a pulp treatment will have to face its demise.
Teeth that are badly decayed serve no purpose in
the mouth it will only bring bacteria and infect
other teeth.
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- A root canal treatment that failed. While a
root canal treatment is prescribed to supposedly
save a tooth from being extracted, there are
cases when root canal treatments fail. Sometimes
a retreatment may resolve things but when the
problem is more serious, there is no choice left
but to opt for a dental extraction.
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- Creating a space to allow orthodontic movement.
For severe crowding cases, dental extractions are
often indicated so that some space can be created
on the arch. When the jaws are too small and
alignment and straightening cannot be achieved
given the present condition, some dental
extractions will have to be performed to create
some space, so that the teeth can come into
position.
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- To remove a potentially harmful or already
harmful tooth impaction. An impacted tooth is one
that is embedded under soft tissue and bone so
that it is not allowed to erupt properly into the
mouth. An impacted tooth may stay harmless under
the bone, but some may cause problems to the
adjacent structures so their removal is
prescribed. It may be symptomatic or
asymptomatic,
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either way an impacted tooth is removed because
it serves no purpose in the mouth.- A severely
mobile tooth. Severe gum disease progresses to
infect the gums, bone and teeth so that bone and
soft tissue attachment is greatly lost and the
stability of the tooth is compromised. Depending
on the degree of bone loss, mobility will be
observed and
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when the tooth can no longer be stabilized, its
removal is preferred.- A tooth with no opposing.
When a tooth has lost an opposing, like in the
case of third molar dental extractions, the teeth
on the opposite arch lose its counterpart so it
does not contact with anything.
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For such cases, its removal is prescribed to
avoid supraeruption and other changes.Are you
scheduled for dental extractions? Dental
extractions are often prescribed because the
teeth have been infected by bacteria, but
sometimes a healthy tooth may have to be
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