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CF and extraction of primary tooth
- Question
- My son (8 years, CF) has an inflammed primary tooth!
What has to be considered at the extraction? - Answer
- Dear Parents,
at the extraction of an inflammed primary tooth at the dentists office, there are generally no special precautions for a CF patient to be considered:
after the local anesthesia, the tooth is extracted with the usual instruments (lever and forceps). In case of an uncomplicated extraction the wound is regularly left open, that means not sewed up or tamponated. If the primary tooth comes off naturally, this is the not different either.
Special risks of infection do normally not occur with the standardly used disinfectant-, cleaning- and sterilizing procedures in dentists offices.
It is important, to keep the area around the wound (neighbouring teeth) clean, therefore cleaning normally, in order to avoid an infection of the wound.
In any case an inflammed or purulent primary tooth should be extracted, in order to avoid a permanent distribution of germs.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Sies - 15.06.2009
