Extracciones
While preserving a permanent tooth is ideal, there are some situations where a tooth must be extract in order to keep a patient as healthy as possible. Reasons for extractions range from extreme trauma to advanced tooth decay or infection.
Tooth extraction is the removal of a tooth from its socket in the bone. If you are facing a tooth extraction, it can seem a little daunting and nerve-wracking. However, tooth extractions are a fairly common procedure. You have nothing to fear as extractions are only preformed when they offer a great benefit to the patient.
¿Cuándo es necesaria la extracción de un diente?
En muchos casos, se pueden reparar los dientes rotos o dañados por la caries con un empaste, una corona u otro tratamiento dental. Sin embargo, a veces el daño es demasiado grave para repararlo, por lo que su dentista le recomendará la extracción. A continuación se indican otras: reasons tooth extraction might be necessary:
- Traumatismos o lesiones
- No hay suficiente espacio para todos los dientes en la boca
- Los dientes de leche no se caen a tiempo para que salgan los permanentes
- La caries o la infección ha llegado a lo más profundo del diente
- El tratamiento de ortodoncia puede requerir la extracción de dientes para crear espacio para los dientes a medida que se mueven en su lugar
- Las muelas del juicio, también llamadas terceros molares, suelen extraerse antes o después de que salgan
Proceso de Extracción de Dientes
Extracción Simple
Extracción de un diente que es visible en la boca. Es habitual que un dentista general realice extracciones simples. Durante una extracción simple, su dentista adormecerá el diente y el tejido gingival y aflojará el diente con un instrumento llamado elevador antes de extraerlo con fórceps dentales.
Extracción Quirúrgica
A more complex procedure used for a tooth that may have broken off at the gum line or has not come into the mouth yet. Oral surgeons usually perform surgical extractions; however, general dentists can perform them as well. During a surgical extraction, the doctor will make a small incision (cut) into your gum and remove the underlying tooth.
Después de la Extracción
The most important thing after a tooth extraction is keeping the area clean to prevent infection. Immediately following the procedure, your dentist might ask you to bite down gently on a piece of dry, sterile gauze. You should keep the gauze in place for 30 to 45 minutes to limit bleeding while clotting takes place. Your dentist will provide you with detailed aftercare instructions, but for 24 hours following your extraction, you should not smoke, rinse your mouth vigorously, or clean the teeth next to the extraction site.
You can expect a certain amount of pain and discomfort following an extraction. In some cases, your dentist will recommend a pain killer or prescribe one for you. It might help to apply an ice pack to your cheek to reduce swelling. You should limit strenuous activity, as well as avoid hot liquids and not drink through a straw. Under normal circumstances, discomfort should lessen within three days to two weeks. However, if you experience prolonged or severe pain, swelling, bleeding, or fever, call your dentist or oral surgeon immediately.
EXTRACCIÓN DE MUELAS DE JUICIO
Wisdom teeth are a third set of molars in the back of your mouth. They usually come in between the ages of 17 and 25. Most people have them removed for one of these reasons:
- Están rotas o partidas
- Vienen en el ángulo equivocado
- Tu boca no es lo suficientemente grande
- Tienes caries o enfermedad de las encías.
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