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All About Tooth Extractions (Including Whether They Hurt)

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  The very notion of undergoing a tooth extraction in St. Albert is understandably stressful and something most people would rather avoid. You might be surprised to hear it, but dentists agree! Dentists will do and recommend anything possible to avoid extracting a tooth, but there are situations in which extraction is the best and only reasonable option to ensure your health. Are all tooth extractions the same? The precise process that your dentist in St. Albert will follow to pull a tooth depends on whether the tooth to be pulled is intact (or broken) and visible (or still beneath your gums). While each extraction procedure varies from one to the next, they do fall into two categories: Simple extractions and surgical extractions. A surgical teeth extraction in St. Albert is performed in complex situations, such as when the tooth has broken beneath your gums, has fractured into more than one piece, or is impacted beneath your gums (such as unerupted wisdom teeth). Surgical ex