Protecting your oral health through safe, professional, and pain-free care.
While the primary goal is always to save your natural teeth, there are times when an extraction is the best way to protect your overall oral health. Whether it’s due to extensive decay, advanced gum disease, or severe trauma, removing a compromised tooth can prevent infection from spreading to the rest of your mouth.
Losing a tooth can be a stressful thought, but our team is dedicated to ensuring you remain comfortable and fully numb throughout the entire procedure. We take a gentle approach to every case, providing a supportive environment to ease any anxiety you may have.
When a cavity has progressed too far for a filling, crown, or root canal to save the tooth structure.
Sometimes teeth need to be removed to make room for proper alignment, especially in orthodontic cases.
Teeth (often wisdom teeth) that are stuck in the jaw and cannot erupt properly, causing pain or shifting.
If a tooth's pulp is compromised and could lead to a systemic infection, extraction may be the safest route.
Many extractions are performed right here in our office using local anesthetics that ensure you don’t feel pain during the process. We understand the emotional side of losing a tooth, and we are here to guide you through the healing process and discuss a variety of replacement options—such as implants or bridges—to restore your smile’s function and beauty.
For highly complex cases or certain types of impacted wisdom teeth, we work with a trusted network of local partners. This ensures that you always receive the highest level of care tailored specifically to your clinical situation.
Restoring your health sometimes requires making difficult decisions, but you don’t have to go through it alone. From the procedure itself to the final restoration of your smile, the team at Prairie Dental Center is here to support you with patience and care.
Experiencing tooth pain or a dental emergency?
We use effective local numbing agents so that you should only feel “pressure,” not pain, during the procedure. Most patients are surprised by how quick and comfortable the process actually is.
Every case is different, but we typically begin discussing replacement options like dental implants or bridges during your initial consultation. This ensures we have a plan in place to restore your smile as soon as you are fully healed.
A dry socket occurs when the healing blood clot is dislodged before the site is ready. You can avoid this by not using straws, not smoking, and following our gentle rinsing instructions for the first few days after surgery.
