Teeth Sectioning

Patients who need tooth extractions can count on the experience and expertise of the doctors at Vista Dental in Medicine Hat. Generally speaking, extractions are something to be avoided, but wisdom teeth often need to be removed because they are threatening the alignment of the rest of the teeth or are too large to push through the gum line. Rather than removing an entire large tooth at once, dentists sometimes employ sectioning.

There are several reasons why a dentist might not want to remove a whole wisdom tooth at once. It could be because there isn’t a large enough natural gap in the gum pocket for an impacted tooth to be moved through and the dentist wants to reduce the need for incisions. It could also be that the tooth is at an inconvenient angle and located close enough to a major nerve for a dentist to not want to risk using a large amount of force. In any case, sectioning is only done once a patient has been numbed and safely sedated. Using a dental drill, the dentist will cut the tooth into sections while keeping it under a stream of water. This will prevent the drill’s heat from damaging the mouth. Smaller tooth sections can be maneuvered more easily and pulled out with less force.

Vista Dental is located at 7 Strachan Bay SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1B 4Y2, Canada. To schedule an appointment, call 403-548-7077 or visit Vista Dental MH.