Exodontia Explained
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Exodontia or dental extraction is the removal or uprooting of a tooth from the mouth. Extractions are done for a lot of reasons – the most common of which is too much damage to the teeth that renders restoration impossible. Another reason it is done is when a patient has impacted wisdom tooth. It is also sometimes carried out to make way for an orthodontic treatment. In the early years, before the discovery of antibiotics, perennial tooth infections were most of the time associated with different kinds of health conditions and extractions were a method used to remove the ailing tooth. However, it was also used to get forced admissions of guilt from society’s law offenders.