Remaining Roots

Tooth extraction is one of the treatments that patients have the most difficulty in accepting spiritually. Delaying or neglecting the treatment also causes the progression of the caries in the tooth and the shrinkage of the part of the tooth seen in the mouth. Teeth, whose upper part completely decayed over time and remained only as roots, or teeth that were broken during extraction and some of their root remained in the bone, are generally seen as distress extractions and are referred to a maxillofacial surgeon. In patients whose tooth root is broken during extraction, if it is applied within the same day without allowing time for the closure of the soft tissue, it may be possible to reach the root through the socket. In such a case, the root can be removed without the need for an extra incision. However, if the gingiva has closed or teeth that have decayed over the years and have fallen below the gingival level, surgical extraction is generally planned. With the x-ray cinema taken from the patient, the extraction area and the location, location and condition of the root remaining in this area are examined in detail. The area is then locally numbed. During the process, the patient feels that the area is being worked on, feels pressure, does not feel pain. In these areas, an easy incision is made in the gingiva, the bone is removed and the remaining root is tried to reach. After extraction, there are stitches in the mouth, swelling, bruising, and limitation in mouth opening may occur. These symptoms disappear in about a week and the stitches are removed at the end of the first week. The patient should pay attention to eating and drinking for the first few days and take care of the wound area. In smoking patients, stopping smoking for a certain period of time after extraction will have critical importance in terms of wound healing. The smoothing process in the extraction area does not show any random difference in ordinary extraction and surgical extraction. Soft tissue closes in about a week, it takes around three months for complete bone filling to occur.