There can be various reasons why you may have to remove your tooth. It can be for the sake of the health of a particular tooth. You may have to provide enough space for the tooth to grow or treat the tooth because it is in a bad condition where your dentist does not have [...]

As a dental assistant there are many questions asked concerning extractions and oral surgery. Lets talk about simple extractions first. Simple extractions are pretty straight forward and require numbing and then all that remains is pulling the tooth. Healing usually takes about 3 weeks with this type of extraction. You can expect some bleeding throughout [...]