Have you been told that you might need to get a tooth or some teeth extracted? Are you worried about what it involves? There are a few reasons as to why your dentist might want to extract your tooth.
Why do you need to get a tooth extraction?
The most common reason that a tooth might need to be extracted is due to the fact that the tooth might be damaged from either tooth decay or a severely injured tooth. There are other reasons which your dentist may need to extract a tooth. Please continue reading further to find out more reasons why.
Tooth Crowding – If your teeth need to be aligned, then sometimes a tooth may need to get pulled out. Also, if your tooth isn’t able to come out through your gum due to no room in your mouth then it might call for another reason in which you’ll need to have your tooth removed.
Infection – Having a decaying tooth or some type of damage to a tooth that reaches to the center of your tooth (the part that contains the blood vessels and nerves) then you might need to get a tooth extracted. When the tooth is damaged, sometimes bacteria in the mouth can reach the center of your tooth which can then lead to an infection. When this happens, then your dentist might try and clean up the area using root canal therapy. If the infection is more complex and the root canal therapy and/or antibiotics doesn’t help then the tooth may need to get extracted so that the infection doesn’t spread.
Baby Teeth/Extra Teeth – If you have extra teeth that might be in the way of letting other teeth from growing in then it could be a reason for a tooth extraction. Similarly, if one’s baby teeth don’t fall out in the time it can also get in the way of letting other teeth grow in which could also result in tooth extraction.
Cancer Drugs/ Radiation – Sadly having cancer can affect one’s teeth. If someone has cancer and is on drugs to treat cancer or has to go for radiation then there might be a chance that they will have to go for tooth extraction has radiation and certain drugs can affect the immune system and possibly even infect teeth.
As you can see, these are some of the reasons as to why someone might need to go for a tooth extraction. Your dentist will be able to determine if you need to go for a tooth extraction once they have examined your teeth.