Is it easy to extract tooth roots?

Whether adults or children, they will encounter dental problems, and there are many cases where bad teeth need to be extracted, but are the tooth roots easy to extract? If the tooth roots are to be extracted, it will cause great trouble to the patient's dental health, so the tooth roots should be preserved as much as possible. However, if the tooth root is already damaged, you need to find a professional dentist to extract the tooth, and then you will still need to undergo denture treatment, so follow-up care is still very important.

The residual roots are buried in the gums. This is usually caused by the corrosion of the tooth crown or the long-term untreated tooth roots after trauma, resulting in the roots being buried in the gums or bones. The method of removing residual roots is generally performed under oral nerve block anesthesia or local infiltration anesthesia. First, the gingival tissue needs to be cut to find the tooth root. If the tooth root is located in the alveolar bone, part of the alveolar bone needs to be removed to expose the tooth root. After the tooth root is exposed, use a dental elevator and root apex forceps to slowly remove the tooth root. Finally, if the wound is relatively large, it needs to be sutured.

Is it better to extract the tooth root or not?

Preserving tooth roots has many important meanings for patients. First of all, removing the tooth root will make it difficult for the patient to have a denture in the future. However, when the teeth are pulled out, the alveolar bone will lose functional stimulation and shrink in the entire range, which will cause the alveolar bone to become flat, which will bring great difficulties to the insertion of dentures. Therefore, if we preserve the tooth root, it will serve as the support for our dentures in the future. On the one hand, it can stabilize dentures; on the other hand, it can also reduce the pressure of dentures on people's oral mucosa. Keeping dentures can reduce the pain caused by wearing dentures when patients eat harder foods in the future.

Another benefit of not extracting the roots is that it can preserve the function of the periodontal ligament proprioceptors. The periodontal ligament proprioceptors allow people to feel the size and direction of chewing force when chewing. Therefore, as long as the periodontal ligament proprioceptors exist, patients can reasonably control chewing force during daily diet. Only by controlling it reasonably can people have a good taste when eating and enjoy eating more.

Teeth are extremely important to us, especially tooth roots. If the tooth roots are not extracted during tooth extraction, the patient can be spared the pain of tooth extraction, so don't extract teeth easily. Only when people have complete teeth can we ensure our quality of life and live a healthy and long life. Therefore, when your teeth become diseased, you need to follow the doctor's advice and try not to extract the tooth roots if possible. The above are the benefits of retaining tooth roots, so everyone should keep them in mind to avoid leaving irreparable damage to themselves.