What are the differences with conventional extractions?

All extractions are surgical. This means that in all cases we mobilize the soft tissue and reshape the hard tissue (bone) to achieve primary wound closure. This means that we manipulate the gum to cover the socket. All wounds anywhere in the body heal better if covered. The cavity left by a molar has a slightly larger area than a $2 coin (and is much deeper). A wound on your arm that big would require sutures (stitches), we contend that the mouth is no different. Covering the wound helps protect the blood clot.

We also remove some of the bone in the socket (curettage). This creates bleeding which helps form a well developed blood clot in the socket (essential for healing) and perturbs and removes the toxic bone around dead teeth.

All wounds are injected or irrigated with a plain local anaesthetic post surgery. This is a technique called Neural Therapy. We do this to help healing, prevent infection, reduce post surgical pain and most significantly help prevent the generation of cavitations and neurologically significant scars.

The result: most patients experience significantly less pain than the conventional technique. For smaller teeth, frequently no pain control is needed. For more significant procedures, for example wisdom teeth, there seems to be a 60-70 % reduction in post-surgical pain.