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All About Extractions
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extraction as it relates to periodontal disease -- The roots
of your teeth are encased in sockets in your jawbone, and are held in
place by ligaments. When your teeth and gums are healthy, the bone comes
up high against the necks of your teeth and holds them tightly within
their sockets. Healthy ...
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Extracting
a decayed tooth -- Dentistry has come a long way, and we'll use
all the technology at our disposal to save your natural teeth. But unfortunately,
some situations exist where teeth have been so badly damaged by decay
that our only option is to remove them. Some ...
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Removing
primary teeth -- When things go right, baby teeth fall out on
their own without any special attention. The permanent teeth, which
lie right below the gums, come in directly underneath the baby teeth.
As the permanent teeth grow in, the roots of the baby teeth ...
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Why
do we remove wisdom teeth? -- Your last molars, called the third
molars or wisdom teeth, typically begin to come in (erupt) during the
late teen years or early twenties. When they don't have room to grow
in, or they're trapped in your jaw because they are tilted or rotated,
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Dry
socket faqs -- Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket
after a tooth is extracted. The condition usually develops when a blood
clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose.
Dry socket occurs in approximately 5 percent of all tooth ...
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Post-Op instructions -- The initial
healing period usually takes one to two weeks, and you'll likely experience
some swelling for the first 48 hours. * Before the procedure began, you
were given an anesthetic to ensure your comfort. This anesthetic ...
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