Century Smile Dental

If your dentist has recommended extracting one or more teeth, you may be wondering what exactly that means. Your teeth are anchored in your jaw via a process called gomphosis. This is the joint between the tooth and its socket in your jaw. When performing a dental tooth extraction, we must remove the tooth from this socket. The alveolar bone anchors our teeth with the help of joints that connect to the roots of our teeth called gomphosis. These pieces work together to keep our teeth rooted and in place in our jaw, meaning the ability to maintain their function and formation properly is vital to our dental health. Your teeth are an important, vital, and delicate part of your jaw, and so removal must be done by a dental professional at our dental office in Culver City. This procedure at Century Smile Dental is permanent and done using either forceps or surgically depending on pain tolerance and severity of dental health.