Dentists remove teeth in kids using instruments to loosen and extract the tooth.
The Tooth Extraction Procedure
The process for removing a child's tooth generally involves the following:
- Loosening the Tooth: The dentist uses tools called elevators to gently loosen the tooth from the surrounding tissues.
- Extraction: Once the tooth is sufficiently loose, the dentist uses forceps to carefully remove the tooth.
The procedure can take up to 40 minutes, but most teeth are loosened and removed in less than a minute.
