Tooth Extraction Paper

Tooth extractions at times are a necessity in helping to preserve good oral health and it has long been practiced throughout history and can be traced back centuries. Dental extractions in the United States are done in a private office or in a hospital setting depending on the severity of the tooth and or teeth. Certain types of extractions can be done in a private office for example if you have a fully erupted wisdom tooth you can have it extracted in a private office, but if you have an impacted (unerupted tooth) wisdom tooth that is either subgingival ( under the gums ) or in the bone, the private office will have to refer you to a hospital setting or an oral surgeon's office where there is a dentist that has the specialized training to perform that kind of extraction procedure. A basic overview of a tooth extraction procedure begins first with reviewing all health and dental history of the patient, clinical examination of the patient’s oral cavity followed by full mouth x-rays that are usually eighteen to twenty films also …show more content…
We now have the proper materials to perform adequate procedures with little to no pain, and much of the minor pain felt is during the injection of the local anaesthetic or the post operative soreness and swelling which is easily treated with the swishing of warm salt water, and if needed the use of over the counter pain medications. Now a days the antique dental instruments such as the dental pelican, and the dental key have long been replaced and are no longer used, instead we use different extraction instruments like the one fifty or the one fifty one, and the cow horns extraction forceps. Thankfully to the advances in dentistry and the tooth extraction process has evolved tremendously over the past centuries and the overall oral care of a person can be healthily