From nightmares of loose teeth to real world nerve pain ringing the root of a tooth, there are many things that might make you wonder if you’ll need to have a tooth extracted. Take at look at some of the more common reasons people need to have one or more of their teeth removed and find out what you can do to avoid having to have some of yours pulled.
Gum Disease and Tooth Decay
Roughly half the U.S. population suffers from gum disease to some degree and most of us (90 percent) have had at least one cavity in our lifetime. One in four of us has at least on untreated cavity.
There isn’t one reason that can explain why so many people have gum disease and untreated cavities. But there’s only one result if the problem goes untreated: tooth decay.
Left untreated long enough, gum disease fosters tooth decay. And once a tooth has decayed past a certain point, it become necessary to extract the tooth – otherwise, the decaying tooth will only incubate bacteria and spread the disease to other teeth.
Injury
You don’t have to be an athlete participating in a contact sport to suffer trauma to your teeth. From car accidents to simply not paying attention to where you’re walking, it’s not hard to imagine ways a bit of blunt force trauma can send you to a dentist for a tooth extraction.
Overcrowding
Often the cause for wisdom teeth removal, overcrowding is yet another common cause for tooth extractions. If there isn’t enough room for wisdom teeth to emerge and join the rest of the teeth in your mouth, your dentist will recommend that your wisdom teeth be extracted.
You may not need any wisdom teeth extracted or you may not need them all removed. It all depends on whether each individual wisdom tooth has space to emerge without disrupting the alignment of established teeth.
Find Out More
Concerned you may need to have a tooth extracted? Whatever the reason, you can get definitive answers about tooth extractions in Omaha by talking with a local dentist.
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