Tooth extraction

Sometimes decay and/or trauma has done so much damage to a tooth that removal is your only option.

You have two categories of extraction:

• Simple extraction for teeth that can easily be accessed.
• Surgical extraction necessary with teeth that cannot easily be accessed, either because they are not fully erupted or because they have broken beneath the gum line. In these cases, an incision is required.

In both cases, the procedure is performed using a local anaesthetic.