If you plan to have your tooth extracted, you need to consider whether or not you plan for replacing that missing tooth with a dental implant.
If you lose the tooth, the socket will collapse resulting in a thin area of bone. If you plan to replace it with a dental implant you should consider having a barrier and are bone graft placed in that site. This will leave you with more bone for a better implant result.
Usually, a dental implant is placed about 4 months after the tooth is extracted.
Dr. Bloomer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from McMurry University in 1976.
He has published many health related articles.
The risk of Dry Socket (alveolar osteitis) can be reduced by several methods including increasing the amount of irrigation, (I recommend 60cc) timing extractions with
Clinical diagnosis of Dry Socket or alveolar osteitis is noted if the patient complains of significant pain in the extraction site, if there was exposed
There are many types of anesthesia available at this office: Local anesthesia is the standard method used in most dental offices. Nitrous oxide “Laughing Gas”
Anesthesia: Your dentist will numb the area around the tooth to be extracted with a local anesthetic. Tooth extraction: The dentist will use special tools
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