The removal of a tooth from the smile is a worst-case scenario for many patients. However, if your teeth are experiencing one or more certain conditions, a tooth extraction becomes a necessary part of your oral health care.
Extreme Decay
When all attempts to treat the tooth for decay have failed, removing the tooth is better than continually trying to save it.
Fillings, crowns, root canal therapy, and endodontic procedures all address differing severities of tooth decay. If a lower-level treatment does not succeed in preventing new decay, a more advanced form of care can be attempted. However, when all options are exhausted and the tooth is still not healthy enough to resist erosion, the only solution left is extraction. Otherwise, the dying tooth can infect the surrounding hard and soft tissues.
Impaction
Teeth impaction is a condition where a new tooth grows in while angled towards another tooth. Whereas a tooth that emerges straight upward or slightly tilted toward the tongue or cheek can survive and be realigned, those that erupt into another will cause friction in both structures. The wear and tear on the two teeth will cause irreparable harm and lead to their loss.
The extraction of the impacted tooth prevents the erosion and loss of the one already within the smile, saving your dental health from undergoing a more drastic change than necessary.
Misalignment of the Smile
The wisdom teeth, or third molars, are the last adult teeth to erupt. As a result, they typically enter a smile with no room to host them. If they are allowed to stay, they will knock the rest of your teeth out of alignment over time. With the exception of a few rare cases, a smile’s alignment is better served by extracting wisdom teeth as soon as possible.
Contact Us for Marysville, OH Dental Care
If you need an extraction to preserve the health of your smile, our team of dentists can help you directly or by coordinating your care when a specialist approach is necessary.
Guster Losey & Mack DDS Inc. provide family dentistry in Marysville and to all surrounding communities. These treatments include all manner of tooth extraction, from simple wisdom tooth removal to surgical cases for other teeth. For more information about our approach to comprehensive dentistry, call our practice and schedule your next appointment today.