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Teeth Extractions in Santa Monica
At Clove Dental in Santa Monica, we know that pulling a tooth is a big choice for your mouth health, and we handle each case with care and kindness. Our experienced team uses gentle techniques and advanced tools to make extractions as easy and comfortable as possible.
We plan everything out carefully, use the best tools, and give thorough care after the surgery to keep you feeling good and help you heal faster. When we can't save a tooth anymore, we offer expert tooth removal that puts your health first and gets you ready for new teeth options.
What Are Teeth Extractions?
Tooth extraction is a surgery where we carefully take a tooth out of its spot in your jawbone when we can't fix or save it anymore. This needs exact skills and a deep knowledge of mouth anatomy to get the whole tooth out while keeping the bone and soft parts around it safe.
Our Santa Monica practice carries out different kinds of tooth removal procedures:
- Simple Extractions: We take out visible teeth using special tools and gentle lifting methods.
- Surgical Extractions: These more involved procedures may require small incisions or bone work to remove impacted or broken teeth.
- Wisdom Tooth Removal: This special extraction of third molars often needs a surgical approach because of how they're positioned.
- Emergency Extractions: We remove teeth when there's severe pain, injury, or infection that could harm overall health.
When Do You Need to Have Teeth Pulled?
Although we always aim to preserve teeth, there are instances where extraction is the best course of action:
- Tooth Decay: Too much damage from a cavity to be repaired with a crown or filling is known as severe tooth decay.
- Dental Trauma: When teeth are broken or hurt in a way that makes it impossible to save them.
- Braces: Sometimes we need to take out teeth to make room for others to move into the right place.
- Impacted Wisdom Teeth: When there's not enough space for these back teeth to come in, they can hurt other teeth or your mouth's health.
- Failed Root Canal: When a tooth that has had a root canal still has an infection or other problems.
- Getting Ready for Dentures: We remove teeth that can't be saved to prepare for full or partial dentures.
Benefits of Tooth Extractions
When you pick our Santa Monica office for tooth removal, you get these benefits:
No Pain at All
We use modern anesthesia techniques to keep you completely comfortable throughout the procedure.
Prevents Infections
Well-Thought-Out strategy
Expert Care After
Tooth Extraction Procedure
Our Santa Monica team follows these steps to pull teeth and :
Comprehensive Exam: We take digital X-rays and examine the tooth, its roots, and the surrounding area to plan safely.
Treatment Planning Talk: A detailed description of the grounds for extraction, the procedure, and the various replacement options.
Numbing the Area: We apply a local anesthetic to ensure you stay comfortable and pain-free during the procedure.
Taking Out the Tooth: Step-by-step loosening and removal of the tooth with the right tools, while protecting the surrounding areas.
Caring for the Socket: Thorough cleaning of the spot where the tooth was, and putting gauze or other materials in place to stop bleeding.
Aftercare Instructions: Detailed guidelines on how to manage pain, what activities to avoid, and ways to help the healing process along.
Frequently Asked Questions
The complexity of removing a tooth influences the cost, which ranges from simple pulls to more expensive procedures. We accept the majority of dental insurance coverage, with many covering a large amount of the costs. Our team will go over your insurance benefits and help set up a payment plan if needed, so the cost doesn’t get in the way of care.
