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| The Procedure of Tooth Extraction |  As a rule, tooth is taken out either by a dentist or an oral surgeon. Generally, local anaesthetic is given after which your mouth is numbed. Nevertheless, general anesthesia is given in some cases to patients in order to make them sleep. But this means that the extraction has to be done in a hospital.
Sometimes it happens that people get a combination of local anaesthetic and sedation. This combination makes you feel relaxed but not asleep.
If you have a local anaesthetic this will be given as an injection into the gum. You will be wakeful but when the anaesthetic starts to work you won’t feel any pain.
In order to perform the procedure of tooth extract the dentist uses some instruments called elevators to loosen your tooth. When this has been performed, forceps (like long tweezers) are then used to wriggle the tooth around until it comes out.
After this your dentist will give you some gauze to bite on. This will assist in stopping the bleeding when you bite onto it for a few minutes. You may be given a couple of stitches to close the hole in your gum. If so, these may need to be taken out a week later.
How long does it take?
It shouldn’t take much more than 20-30 minutes. Unless you have to have the general anaesthetic which means you will have to spend a few hours at the hospital. As a rule, you can go home the same day though.
Does it hurt?
You will almost certainly feel odd sensations of heaviness as the tooth is coming out, but you won’t be able to feel any pain because of the anaesthetic. You might find that the injection is slightly sore but it is not too bad.
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