Tooth extraction is the removal of a tooth from its socket in the bone.

In most cases, you can repair teeth that are broken, damaged, or decayed with a filling, crown, or other methods of dental treatment. Sometimes, though, the damage is too severe to repair, so your dentist will recommend extraction. Here are some other reasons tooth extraction might be necessary:

• Decay or infection has reached deep into the tooth
• Trauma or injury
• There is not enough room for all the teeth in your mouth
• Orthodontic treatment might require tooth extraction to create space for the teeth as they move into place
• Wisdom teeth, also called third molars, are often extracted either before or after they come in

Typically, sedation is administered during a tooth extraction procedure to make the patient relaxed and comfortable. Also, teeth that are recommended to be extracted might have dead or dying nerves, which means that the affected tooth may not be able to send pain signals out.

There are two types of tooth extraction:

• Simple Extraction: entails removing a visible tooth by a general dentist. The procedure requires your dentist to numb the tooth and gum tissue, loosen the tooth using an elevator, and then remove it using dental forceps.
• Surgical Extraction: is a more complex procedure for teeth that may have broken off at the gumline or have not surfaced yet. Oral surgeons usually perform surgical extractions; however, general dentists can also do them. To remove a tooth surgically, the doctor makes a small incision in the gum and removes it.

Roots are the part of teeth encased within the upper or lower jawbone. A single tooth can have up to four roots. When roots are causing pain, are infected, have not surfaced from the jawbone properly (such as an unerupted or impacted tooth), or are impossible to repair, they should be removed. When a patient wears a denture for a considerable period over this region of the gums, teeth or roots can become inflamed. The extraction of retained root fragments is vital when the patient requires an implant. Dentists generally recommend that all retained roots be extracted before placing an implant.

Once the procedure is done, detailed at-home care instructions will be given to the patient. To speed up the recovery and avoid any complications, patients must diligently follow these instructions. However, please note that the recovery period varies from patient to patient, depending on the type of extraction.

Open extractions include invasive window surgery, mucoperiosteal flaps surgery, and removal of the buccal bone. Occasionally, the bur must be prepared, and the root elevated using the crane pick. Common postoperative symptoms of invasive procedures include pain, swelling, trismus, infection, prolonged bleeding, sinus exposure, nerve injury, and innervation disorders. Besides the physical pain the patients endure during the recovery period after the surgery, they must also spend nearly ten days resting more than they would after a regular extraction.

Our Expandable Micro-Motor Bur (EMB) is an effective dental instrument for extracting broken tooth roots that cannot be removed by conventional closed methods.

Using the EMB would be an innovative way to remove broken teeth roots in which surgical trauma and post-extraction disorders are minimized. EMB would also eliminate damaged dealt as a result of surgical invasion to the surrounding tissues and the need to apply excessive force by the practitioner so that both the practitioner and the patient could reduce their stress levels. In addition, there would be fewer risks associated with open surgery, such as operative morbidity (as a result of bone loss), maxillary sinus divulgence, and additional surgery in the future.

EMB device comprises a micro-motor, spacers, needles, bur base, and a round bur that drills halfway through the root canal, expands to make a spherical cavity around itself, and behaves as an efficient extraction-aiding anchor.

In cases where a dentist has limited access to the Oral cavity, crown separation, or loose teeth, using EMB would reduce or eliminate the need to break, cut, and remove a part of the buccal bone. Therefore, the main advantage of the EMB will be minimizing the surgical invasion to surrounding structures allowing for the optimal conservation of the surrounding tissues. Below are some of the other benefits using EMB would provide:

• This method reduces the amount of energy the dentist has to put into extractions and the patient’s stress level during the procedure.
• The patient will experience less pain and a shorter recovery time, which means they can return to their everyday life sooner.
• Having a shorter operation time is an essential advantage that is especially helpful for patients facing a problematic situation due to surgery.
• When using EMB, the root extraction costs are significantly reduced since surgery is not required.