Removal of a tooth, in other words its extraction, is a relatively simple surgical treatment frequently performed in dental clinics.
When proceeding with tooth extraction, indications for and possible contraindications against the treatment should be determined. The most frequent indications for tooth extraction are:
• Indications resulting from dental tissue diseases (teeth that are damaged to the extent that prevents their reconstruction, pulpitis, milk teeth gangrene)
• Prosthetic indications (teeth positioned outside the arch, single tooth in a jaw)
• Orthodontic indications (extraction of healthy teeth in order to create space for teeth positioned outside the arch)
• Periodontic indications (mobile teeth, recrudescent periodontal abscess)
• Surgical indications (unerupted teeth, broken tooth crowns, gangrenous teeth)