Dental Extractions

Forefront Dentistry, Tulsa OK

Dental extractions are most commonly performed when a tooth is severely decayed, fractured, or badly infected. Many things must be considered when a tooth requires extraction. If the patient desires the tooth to be replaced, the replacement option should be determined before the extraction is performed. Our office takes a regenerative approach when it comes to most dental extractions. When a tooth must be lost, the priority shifts from saving the tooth itself to preserving the jawbone around the tooth that needs to be extracted. This valuable bone is saved by a process called socket preservation bone grafting. Doing so prevents bone loss at the extraction site, prevents damage to neighboring teeth from bone loss, and also allows the patient to be a candidate for dental implant placement.