Tooth extractions in St. Petersburg

Before quoting you a price for a tooth removal, our dentist at Florida Dental Centers St. Petersburg will need to determine if you need a simple or surgical extraction. To get an answer to this question, call us to schedule an appointment today. Also affecting the price is how hard it will be to remove the tooth. If you have dental insurance, it may cover a portion of the tooth extraction cost.

Sometimes, the dentist will not be able to perform a simple extraction because a tooth needs to be broken up into smaller pieces in order to pull it completely out or there need to be incisions made into the gum tissue to get all of the tooth out. In these cases, a surgical extraction may be necessary. While your dentist may be able to perform this type of extraction, if the extraction is complicated, you might instead get a referral to an oral surgeon for the procedure.

Your dentist will always attempt to save your teeth if it's at all possible. Sometimes, however, your dentist will have no other option but to remove the teeth. If they're decayed all the way to the middle, for example, or if they have a cavity so big that a filling isn't an option and the tooth is unable to be restored, your tooth will need to be removed. Removing a tooth may also be the only option if there's severe periodontal disease in the gum tissue supporting the tooth or the tooth has experienced severe physical trauma, such as an impact injury.

On occasion, a dentist may need to pull baby teeth to accommodate the incoming adult teeth that they're blocking. Another reason a baby tooth may need to be extracted is if the tooth is infected or has too big of a cavity for the dentist to fill.

Many people have a third molar set more popularly known as wisdom teeth growing in when they're teenagers or young adults. Some people's mouths don't have a large enough jawbone to fit these new teeth. In such instances, those teeth must be pulled. If the teeth are not removed, the gums around the teeth could become infected, other teeth could emerge crookedly, or the jawbone could sustain damage. If part of the wisdom teeth still remain under the gum line, an oral surgeon may need to perform a surgical tooth extraction.

If your mouth has too many adult teeth in it, it could become overcrowded, causing teeth to come in crookedly. When this occurs, you may need to have some of them pulled in order to allow for braces to be placed.

Once a full day and night have passed after your tooth extraction procedure, you can start doing moderate tasks again, but you should still avoid tasks that strain you too much. Within a week, your tooth extraction healing should be finished, though if you had a molar removed, it can take longer. If, instead of your regular dentist, it's an oral surgeon who removed your tooth or teeth, healing time could also run over a week

Once your extraction procedure is complete, your dentist will give you a list of aftercare instructions for the 24-hour period following your surgery. Follow these instructions to the letter in order to ensure proper healing and avoid unnecessary complications. This is essential in order for a blood clot to form, which your body requires in order to heal the extraction site fully. These instructions will also include information on how to reduce any swelling or discomfort.