When you’re considering dental health treatment, the biggest consideration is what your smile’s concern is, specifically. Depending on the nature and extent of the problem, you may not have as many choices for successfully restoring your smile as you expected. For example, in certain severe oral health concerns, extracting a tooth that’s become a liability to your smile might be the only way to avoid more extensive problems resulting from it. Today, we examine a few instance when it may be a good idea to consider extracting a tooth, and why it may be important to fully restoring your smile.

After the tooth’s previous restoration fails

By the time most tooth problems become severe, they’ve already begun to cause at least some level of discomfort in the tooth, or exhibit other signs that make it obvious there’s a problem. Because of this, issues like tooth damage and progressive tooth decay are often addressed early with a custom-designed tooth restoration, such as a tooth filling or dental crown. However, if the restoration fails, then the underlying tooth structure will once again be vulnerable, and may become more severely compromised by the time you realize the restoration has failed. If this occurs, there’s a chance that the tooth will have to be extracted to prevent it from causing more harm to your oral health.

When a tooth lacks enough healthy structure

Whether a tooth problem becomes severe over time, is allowed to progress because a restoration fails, or is a serious problem from the beginning (such as in a dental emergency), the goal of restoring it is usually to preserve its healthy structure. However, in extreme cases, there may not be enough healthy tooth structure left to support a dental crown or other restoration, which can make any attempt at restoring the tooth destined to fail. Instead, the best solution may be to extract what remains of the natural tooth structure, including its root, and replacing it with a lifelike, dental implant-supported crown.

Your tooth loses most of its support

Not all teeth that should be extracted experience significant damage to their structures. For some patients, the loss of support around the tooth and its root can leave the tooth loose and unstable, making it impossible to restore it. This loss can be due to the severe progression of gum disease, or periodontal disease, which gradually erodes the gum tissues and jawbone structure around your teeth. This destruction can occur more rapidly than you realize, and severe gum disease is the leading cause of adult tooth loss because of it.

Learn if you should consider tooth extraction

If you experience one of these or similar oral health concerns, then you may need to consider tooth extraction to successfully restore your smile. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling the Dental Centre of Conroe in Conroe, TX, today at (936) 441-4600. We serve patients from Conroe and all neighboring communities.