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Extractions

Extractions

If a tooth has been broken or damaged by decay, your dentist may recommend fixing it with a filling or crown. However, when there’s too much damage for the tooth to be repaired, the tooth may need to be extracted (removed).

Simple Extractions

A simple extraction is the removal of a tooth that can be seen in the mouth. For a simple extraction, the dentist loosens the tooth with an instrument called an elevator. Then the dentist uses forceps to remove the tooth.

Surgical Extractions

A surgical extraction is a more complex procedure that is used if a tooth has broken off at the gum line or has not erupted in the mouth. The dentist may remove bone or make an incision in your gums to help remove the broken or impacted tooth.

Locations offering this service

Audubon

Bardstown

Buechel

Carrollton

Clarksville

Corydon

Crestwood

Dixie Highway

Dixie Rockford

Dry Ridge

Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown North

Florence

Forest Green

Fort Wright

Frankfort

Georgetown

Glenmary

Highlands

Hikes Point

Hillview

Independence

Iroquois Park

Jeffersontown

Jeffersontown Central

Jeffersonville

La Grange

Landen/Maineville

Lawrenceburg

Middletown

New Albany

Outer Loop

Prospect

Scottsburg

Seymour

Shelbyville East

Shelbyville West

Shepherdsville

Springhurst

Valley Station

Versailles

Withamsville