Extraction

How it is used

Dentists perform or carry out an extraction, and the verb is extract. With patients they usually say 'take the tooth out', and patients say they 'had a tooth out'. Notes separate simple and surgical extraction.

Example sentences

1. The extraction went smoothly and took about ten minutes.

2. Because the tooth is badly broken down, a surgical extraction may be needed.

Common collocations

• tooth extraction
• simple extraction
• surgical extraction
• extraction socket
• after the extraction

Related terms

• forcepsA plier-like instrument used to grip a tooth and remove it from its socket. Different designs are made for upper and lower teeth and for each type of tooth.
• elevatorA hand instrument with a narrow blade that is pushed between a tooth or root and the bone to loosen it, before forceps are used or instead of them.
• dry socketA painful complication after an extraction in which the blood clot in the socket breaks down or is lost, leaving bone exposed. The pain usually starts two to four days later.
• local anestheticA drug injected near a tooth or nerve to numb one area of the mouth, so that treatment does not hurt while the patient stays fully awake.
• sutureA stitch used to close a wound or hold gum tissue in place after surgery. Dissolvable sutures disappear by themselves; others are removed after about a week.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• extraction · Chemical Engineering

More terms: Extractions, Oral Surgery and Anesthesia

• impacted