Top Possible Reasons for Tooth Extraction

Due to advance technology and dental treatments, it became possible to recover or repair the tooth at a certain degree of damage. When it became a necessity to remove a tooth, it is called tooth extraction. As per the condition of the patient, when available treatments become helpless, dentist adopts to remove that damaged tooth and adopt an alternative solution for that missing tooth.

There can be many reasons for this, excessive tooth decay, heavy infection in tooth pulp or gums, broken teeth are major reasons for this. Along with these issues, sometimes, to create the picture perfect smile, cosmetic dentist may extract the tooth to create proper structure.

Let’s have a detailed overview of all the diseases/situation when tooth extraction becomes necessary.

Tooth Decay:

Tooth decay starts from the surface of the teeth as tartar and reached to the pulp & the jaw root of the teeth. When it is not possible to remove the decayed part by cleaning or other treatment, to prevent infection and spread of decay to other teeth, it becomes necessary to remove the tooth from the jawbone.

Gum Diseases:

Even taking oral care of your teeth, sometimes, gum diseases caused by illness, chewing tobacco or smoking cigarettes, Hormonal changes during pregnancy and gingivitis, cause damage or infection to the bone supporting teeth. If the condition becomes critical and can’t be recovered with Periodontic consultant, your dentist may remove the infected tooth.

Cracked tooth or Root:

Generally, a half broken tooth or infection in the root can be recovered with dental crown or root canal treatment. But, if the damage is heavy and if Endodontic treatment can’t solve the issue, tooth needs to be removed completely.

Wisdom Teeth:

In many situations, wisdom teeth cause pain and discomfort; it is advisable to get it removed by your dentist. It happens when there isn’t enough space in your jaw for all the teeth, wisdom tooth is removed.

Orthodontic Treatment:

When one or more teeth are crowded, an original space is covered by other teeth, causing problems in alignment during orthodontic treatment. To shift the teeth to its original place, the orthodontist may extract the teeth, appearing as obstacles. Orthodontics is the most common issues behind tooth extraction in kids who seek braces at an earlier age.

For Complete Denture:

At the elder age or in conditions when you have lost many teeth in the sequence, dental implants may not be effective for recovery. The dentist may recommend removing it for complete denture as an alternative option.

Solutions to lost tooth:

In case of infection in root, your dentist may adopt dental implant for creating a base for an artificial tooth or crown.

In case of half broken teeth, the dentist may fill the space and impose a dental cap made of material visually similar to your natural teeth.

In case of alternative artificial teeth, you may go for tooth made of ceramic, gold or silver material to be placed in the place of missing/lost tooth.

A regular visit to Preventative dental care can prevent the issues like gum disease, tooth decay, pulp infection and plaque which can also cause tooth lost. In case of incidents that cause damage to your teeth or injury to your jaw and critical orthodontic condition, tooth removal is mandatory.