Some teeth are too damaged, infected, or fractured to save. Removing them cleanly, with the future in mind, protects the bone and keeps your options open for an implant or bridge later.
General dentists handle many routine extractions. The ones they refer out, broken roots, teeth near nerves, medically complex patients, and anyone who wants sedation, are everyday work for an oral surgeon.
Dr. Johnson removes teeth with the next step already planned. If an implant is in your future, socket preservation grafting at the time of extraction keeps the bone ready, one procedure instead of two.
Preparing for this procedure? After-surgery instructions
01 · Surgical standard
The cases dentists refer out are the cases we do daily.
02 · Sedation available
From local anesthesia to deep sedation with our MD anesthesiologist.
03 · Future-proofed
Grafting at extraction keeps the site ready for an implant.
Honest answers
What patients ask about extractions
Will I be awake?
Only if you want to be. Simple extractions are comfortable under local anesthesia; anxious patients and surgical cases can choose IV sedation managed by Dr. Robinson, our staff anesthesiologist.
Do I need to replace the tooth?
Not always, but a missing tooth lets neighbors drift and bone shrink over time. We will give you a straight answer about whether your gap needs an implant, a bridge, or nothing at all.