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Category Archives: Extraction

3-panel collage showing a failed root canal, the extraction and the synthetic bone injection

Root Canal Infection: Cyst, Extraction & Prep for Dental Implants

Dental implants, Extraction, Laser, Ozone, Root CanalBy November 5, 2021

In this case, the patient had previously gotten two old-fashioned root canals at another dentist, one of which had failed and created a nasty infection.

Extracted tooth and xray appear to look like an octopus

What the Yuck?! Octopus Tooth Edition

Extraction, Root Canal, What the Yuck?!By August 5, 2021

This looks kind of gross. It seems the patient’s previous doctor did a root canal and shoved the rubber filling material into the bone. 

Look at the gross growth off of the side of this extracted tooth. It's comprised of some really terrible bacteria. The body is in fact trying to mount an immune response against itself when an infected tooth is infested with bacteria. The patient here feels so much better now that this thing is out

What the Yuck?! – Don’t Hate Bruh Edition

Extraction, Health, Holistic Dentistry, What the Yuck?!By May 13, 2021

Look at the gross growth off of the side of this extracted tooth.  It’s comprised of some really terrible bacteria.

Extracted tooth.

What the Yuck?! – Extraction With Infected Tissue Edition

Extraction, Laser, Ozone, PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin), What the Yuck?!By May 11, 2021

Let’s continue with this week’s What the Yuck series! Here’s the story of a poor lady that had extreme pain around her root canal.

Fungus infection on extracted tooth

What the Yuck?! – Fungal Edition

Extraction, What the Yuck?!By May 10, 2021

This is NOT a zombie prop from The Walking Dead. This extraction was cultured for fungus, and tons of other pathogens!

in this x-ray, You can see a broken tooth, fractured in 3 pieces due to decay:

Fast Healing Bone: Laser, Ozone, PRF & Sticky Bone

Case Studies: Implants, Dental implants, Extraction, Laser, Ozone, PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin), TechnologyBy April 14, 2021

Here’s a great example of how all the modern technology we use can really heal bone quickly in preparation for placement of a new dental implant.

Big Cyst Removal

Does This Look Healthy To You?, Extraction, Fixing Another Dentist's Poor WorkBy February 26, 2021

Sometimes I feel like the Dr. Pimple Popper of dentistry.  I have a friend who tells me all the time that I should do a TV show. This past Monday, I removed a big cyst. The patient had some (traditional) root canals and a crown done a few years ago at another dentist.  He had…

Extraction Shows Infection Plus Green Chunks

Does This Look Healthy To You?, ExtractionBy February 22, 2021

This tooth came out along with green, granular particles that came out in chunks.

You see it stuck at the apex of the tooth?

Taking Out & Replacing Teeth in One Day

Encinitas, Extraction, PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin), Single Visit WorkBy December 11, 2020

I’m excited to be taking out and replacing teeth today, so I wanted to run you through the process for this same-day case.

Does This Scare You? It Should.

CBCT, ExtractionBy December 3, 2020

Sometimes teeth can be dead and/or infested with harmful bacteria – but you’d never know because the infection is below the gums.

Tooth extraction methodology at Moonlight Beach Dental invovles an advanced laser and PRF to accelerate healing.

Wisdom Tooth Wednesday

ExtractionBy November 18, 2020

Tooth extraction methodology at Moonlight Beach Dental invovles an advanced laser and PRF to accelerate healing.

What the Yuck?! – Bacterial Mat Edition

ExtractionBy November 9, 2020

It sucks to lose a tooth. But sometimes your teeth are failing and you don’t even know it!

During COVID, a bacterial mat grew at the tip of the root (that we can not reach or see with instruments) and grew to a larger infection.

After a tooth extraction, how do dentists close the hole that remains?

Extraction, PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin)By September 29, 2020

When a tooth is significantly decayed and infected, it needs to be extracted. But what is done with the huge hole where the tooth used to be?

Extracted wisdom teeth. Moonlight Beach Dental Encinitas.

Wisdom Tooth Extraction PAC-MAN Middle Finger PRF!

Extraction, PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin), TechnologyBy September 23, 2020

After an extracting these wisdom teeth, PRF (similar to stem cells) from the patient’s own blood was used to help him heal faster.

A tooth was fractured and the patient had an abscess, so that tooth was extracted (hence the "bruise"). Less than an hour later, a new "pontic" tooth (pictured above) was bonded in.

Extraction & New Pontic Tooth in One Visit

Case Studies: 1-Day Dentistry, Case Studies: Crowns (Same Day), Extraction, LaserBy September 21, 2020

A fractured tooth required extraction (hence the “bruise”). Less than an hour later, a new “pontic” tooth was bonded in.

Another Dentist Took This Root Canal Too Far

Extraction, Fixing Another Dentist's Poor Work, PRF (Platelet Rich Fibrin), Root CanalBy September 11, 2020

This patient wasn’t feeling well. She told me she had previously gotten a root canal at another dentist, but now she wanted a out for health reasons. What we found was pretty surprising.

X-ray shows resorption of a tooth root

Toxic Thursday: Test Your Amateur Diagnosis Skils

CBCT, ExtractionBy September 3, 2020

Let’s play a game: If you don’t happen to be a dentist or physician, I bet you can still see what’s wrong in the x-rays here. All is revealed in this post.

Metal post allergy magically turns teeth into rotten Corn Nuts

Does This Look Healthy To You: Rotten Corn Nuts Edition

Does This Look Healthy To You?, Extraction, Holistic Dentistry, Science!By August 3, 2020

Some patients develop allergies to metal posts in repaired teeth. This can leech out into the tooth. Even worse: It can fracture the teeth!

Until there was pain, the patient didn’t know there was a big infection in a tooth. The previous dentist never said anything about it to the patient

Does This Look Healthy To You: Infected Tooth Extraction Edition

CBCT, Does This Look Healthy To You?, Extraction, HealthBy April 22, 2020

Until there was pain, the patient didn’t know there was a big infection in a tooth. The previous dentist never said anything about it to the patient

After extracting this tooth, you can see the sac of pus formed between the roots. Moonlight Beach Dental, Encinitas.

Does This Look Healthy To You? Toxic Pus Sac Edition

CBCT, Does This Look Healthy To You?, ExtractionBy March 6, 2020

Between the roots on this molar, that’s a sac of pus. Incredible the things that we can find when using 3D imaging / CBCT.

A hidden infection coming from an old (failing) root canal. Moonlight Beach Dental, Encinitas.

Does This Look Healthy To You? Hidden Root Infection Edition

Awesomeness, Does This Look Healthy To You?, Extraction, Health, Science!By February 7, 2020

When you’re done staring, let me educate you on one what’s going on here:

See that long dangling bit on one of the roots of this tooth?

That’s a hidden infection coming from an old (failing) root canal.

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