Tooth Extraction

Pulling teeth. Yikes! No one wants to have teeth pulled. Unfortunately, when a tooth is beyond repair or severely infected, tooth extraction may be necessary.

Fortunately, pulling teeth is not the awful experience that it used to be. Advances in anesthesia technology have made tooth extraction almost entirely painless. The pain from the injury or infection is probably worse than the actual procedure of removing the tooth.

A numbing gel is applied to the gums where the numbing injection will be given. This gel lessens the actual pinch of the needle entering the gums, and when the anesthesia begins taking effect, the remainder of the injection is not felt.

After adequate numbness has been achieved, Dr. Robert A. Cederberg will gently rock the tooth back and forth to loosen it from the socket. The goal is to remove the tooth in one piece but that is not always possible, especially if the tooth was already broken to begin with.

When the tooth is fully removed, Dr. Cederberg will give instructions on care at home and the healing process as well as preparing for any replacements the patient has decided to use.

Cederberg Dental in Dallas, Texas, strives to provide the most comfortable procedures available.