In some cases, tooth removal by an oral surgeon is the healthiest way to relieve pain, stop infection, and protect your surrounding teeth and jawbone from further damage.
Whether you need a routine extraction or a broken tooth extraction, timely treatment can restore your comfort and prevent more extensive dental problems. Our oral and maxillofacial surgeons, Dr. Andrew Martin and Dr. Caleb Hardman, provide skillful, gentle tooth extractions in Starkville, MS, using advanced surgical techniques, local anesthesia, and sedation options to ensure a safe, comfortable experience.
In some cases, tooth removal by an oral surgeon is the healthiest way to relieve pain, stop infection, and protect your surrounding teeth and jawbone from further damage.
Whether you need a routine extraction or a broken tooth extraction, timely treatment can restore your comfort and prevent more extensive dental problems. Our oral and maxillofacial surgeons, Dr. Andrew Martin and Dr. Caleb Hardman, provide skillful, gentle tooth extractions in Starkville, MS, using advanced surgical techniques, local anesthesia, and sedation options to ensure a safe, comfortable experience.
Simple tooth extraction at Golden Triangle Oral and Facial Surgery & Dental Implant Center involves the removal of a tooth that is fully erupted and visible above the gumline.
After numbing the area with local anesthesia, our oral surgeons gently loosen the tooth with specialized instruments before carefully removing it from the socket to maximize your comfort. Most simple extractions are completed quickly, and following our guidelines can help ensure a complication-free recovery.
Surgical tooth extraction is necessary when a tooth is impacted, broken at or below the gumline, severely damaged, or otherwise cannot be accessed with a simple extraction.
The procedure is performed using local anesthesia, and for more complex tooth removal, we also offer sedation dentistry. A small incision is made in the gum tissue. In some cases, the tooth is carefully sectioned into smaller pieces, allowing it to be removed safely while protecting your surrounding bone and gum tissue.
Choosing a board-certified oral surgeon ensures proficient care for complex cases such as impacted wisdom teeth, deep infections, or fragile bone structures. While general dentists can handle routine, erupted teeth, our oral surgeons completed an additional 4 to 6 years of hospital-based surgical residency, and Dr. Andrew Martin is also a medical doctor. Dr. Martin and Dr. Caleb Hardman are highly skilled in precise extraction and surgical techniques to minimize risks and reduce recovery time.
When you choose Golden Triangle Oral and Facial Surgery & Dental Implant Center, you’ll be treated by a team with vast experience in extraction and bone preservation in Starkville, MS. Minimally invasive and streamlined approaches support placement of future dental implants, often without the need for bone grafting.
No, tooth extraction is performed using local anesthesia to completely numb the treatment area, and sedation options are available if you feel anxious or require a more complex extraction. After the anesthesia wears off, some soreness is normal and can usually be managed with medication, ice packs, and following our postoperative tips.
You should be able to return to normal daily activities within 1 to 3 days after a simple extraction, whereas surgical extractions may require several days to a week for initial healing. Your gum tissue continues to heal over the following weeks, and complete bone healing takes several months.
You need to stick to soft, cool foods such as yogurt, applesauce, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, smoothies (without a straw), soup, and pasta during the first few days. As you become more comfortable, you can gradually return to your normal diet while avoiding chewing directly on the extraction site.
Avoid smoking, vaping, drinking through a straw, vigorous rinsing, heavy lifting, and strenuous exercise for the first several days because these activities can interfere with healing. You should also avoid crunchy, spicy, or hard foods until your extraction site has started to heal.
To help control bleeding, bite gently on the gauze placed over the extraction site for the amount of time advised by our team. We’ll give you some extra in case any bleeding continues at home. Apply an ice pack to the outside of your face in 20-minute intervals during the first 24 hours to minimize swelling, and keep your head elevated while resting.
You can continue brushing and flossing your other teeth the day of your procedure, but avoid brushing directly over the extraction site for the first 24 hours. After that, gently clean the area, then rinse it with warm salt water to keep it clean.
A dry socket occurs when the protective blood clot becomes dislodged or fails to form, exposing the underlying bone and causing significant pain. It is relatively uncommon and is much less likely to occur when you carefully follow our postoperative instructions, especially by avoiding smoking and drinking through a straw.
In some cases, a dental implant in Starkville, MS, can be placed immediately after a tooth is extracted if the bone is healthy and free of active infection. If immediate placement isn’t possible, our oral surgeons may perform bone grafting and allow the area to heal for several weeks or months before placing your implant.
