Can I extract a tooth if it is inflamed

Tooth inflammation is a problem that many people suffer from nowadays, especially the middle-aged and elderly people. If you do not pay attention to oral hygiene, it is very easy to cause tooth inflammation. Tooth inflammation has a great impact on people's oral health, and people's daily life will become very inconvenient, so if your teeth are inflamed, you must pay attention to care. So, can I extract a tooth if it is inflamed?

If there is obvious inflammation around the tooth root, such as abscess formation, anti-inflammatory treatment is required before tooth extraction to prevent the spread of inflammation. If it is ordinary gingivitis, it should not have much impact.

Guidance: Before tooth extraction, you should ask your doctor to carefully check whether the tooth is worth keeping. Only if it is really not worth keeping will it be extracted. If the gums have chronic inflammation before tooth extraction, it is generally recommended to take oral anti-inflammatory drugs for three to five days after tooth extraction to prevent infection. After 24 hours of tooth extraction, you can gargle with light salt water to help reduce inflammation. Tooth extraction is not allowed when the tooth is inflamed, because the inflammation hinders the absorption of anesthetics and is not conducive to the effectiveness of anesthetics.

Possible complications of tooth extraction

①Causing wound infection

After tooth extraction, if the wound is not treated with antibiotics, it may become inflamed and infected.

②Causes bleeding from wounds

Bleeding after tooth extraction is a common phenomenon. After tooth extraction, if the wound is not effectively healed and eating hard food will cause bleeding.

③Causes swollen gums

If the soft tissue and bone around the tooth are damaged during tooth extraction, it can cause swelling of the gums.

④ Damage to the dental nerve

If a tooth is extracted close to a nerve, the nerve may be damaged.

⑤ Cause tooth displacement

After tooth extraction, if teeth are not implanted in the edentulous area in time, the adjacent teeth will shift (the adjacent teeth will occupy the edentulous area), which will lead to sparse teeth.

⑥ Cause tooth pain

A few days after tooth extraction, persistent severe pain appeared in the wound and radiated to the ear and jaw, local lymph nodes were swollen and tender, mouth opening was limited, and body temperature increased. If the blood supply is insufficient, alveolar osteitis may also occur.

⑦ Causes cheek swelling

It often occurs after wisdom tooth extraction, starting 12-24 hours after surgery and gradually disappearing within 3-5 days. The tissue in the swollen area is soft and elastic, and the skin can be pinched, which is mainly caused by exudation of traumatic tissue and obstruction of lymphatic return.