All You Need to Know About Tooth Extraction
(Part 4)
When do you need to visit the dentist to have your tooth extracted? Let us start our discussion with this.
It’s quite normal to feel some pain from the extraction site after the anesthesia wears off.
Expect pain within a day or 24 hours after tooth extraction,
as there should be some residual bleeding and swelling.
There is need to return to the dentist unless pain or bleeding remains severe for more than 4 hours after tooth extraction.
Call your dentist in case the following things happen to you after your tooth has been extracted. You have to call the dentist if you experience any of the following:
- mild to severe vomiting or nausea
- chills
- fever and other signs of infection
- excessive discharge
- swelling or redness from the affected area
- chest pain
- shortness of breath
- coughing
- and other signs of allergy.
Normally, it would take 1-2 weeks for the extraction site to fully heal. During the healing period, the gap will have gum tissue and new bone will grow all over it.
There will be shifting from your remaining teeth, affecting the shape of your bite or possibly giving you chewing issues.
This is the reason dentists might recommend replacing the missing teeth with a denture, fixed bridge, or an implant.
The name of the game is when the tooth is beyond repair, then it is more likely that it is best to have it pulled out.
It involves the complete removal of the tooth from your mouth and there is no way for the tooth to be restored as there will be gaps that might cause some issues.
If the tooth is removed, then, you will be permanently toothless in that certain area of your mouth.