To make the entire extraction procedure comfortable for you, the first thing your Houston dentist will do is make sure you’re thoroughly numb. Your dentist will use instruments called elevators and forceps to remove the tooth. Elevators are placed next to the tooth and are used to gently roll the tooth out of the socket. […]

Dry socket is an infection in your tooth socket after a tooth is extracted. The condition usually develops when a blood clot fails to form in the socket, or if the blood clot comes loose. Dry socket occurs in approximately 5 percent of all tooth extractions. Normally, the blood clot that forms after a tooth […]