In The Colony, Tooth Extraction is a type of oral surgery to get rid of the tooth from the socket in the bone. It may look like a nerve-wracking procedure, but tooth extraction in The Colony is one of the simplest types of dental procedure available. Here’s how dental removal works:

Dentists are the ones to perform a dental extraction, but oral surgeons can do that as well. Before extracting the tooth, he or she will get to know your medical and dental history first. They will take an x-ray of your mouth to know how long the tooth is, and its current position to the surrounding bones. By getting a visual inspection of your teeth through x-ray, they will be able to identify the complexity of the procedure and may refer you to an oral surgeon when necessary.Before the extraction of the tooth, they will inject a local anesthetic to numb the pain. In most cases, they will administer a strong general anesthetic in which you won’t feel pain and can put you to sleep during the procedure.

When the tooth is impacted, they will make an incision to the gum and the bone tissue that is covering the tooth. They will use forceps to gently rock the tooth back and forth to loosen it from the jawbone,and the ligaments are held in place. If the tooth is hard to pull, they may extract it in pieces.

When the tooth has been extracted, blood clots will start to develop in the socket. You’ll be advised to bite on a pack of gauze into the socket to stop the bleeding and promote blood clot. There are instances where they will stitch the extracted site and if this is the case, they will use the ones that will self-dissolve.