Tooth Extraction in Rawalpindi

Simple and surgical extractions, impacted wisdom teeth included, at Plot F-881 in Satellite Town — opposite Gate 3 of Holy Family Hospital.

Oral surgery

What is a tooth extraction, and when do you need one?

An extraction is the removal of a tooth that cannot be repaired or should no longer stay. A simple extraction lifts out a tooth that is loose or fully visible above the gum. A surgical extraction is needed when the tooth has broken at the gum line or is still buried in bone: the gum is lifted, a little bone may be removed, and the tooth sometimes divided.

The usual reasons are decay too deep to restore, a crack down the root, gum disease that has loosened the tooth, or a wisdom tooth that keeps trapping food and infecting the gum over it. An X-ray settles whether the tooth can be saved before anything is agreed.

The treatment room at Dental Studio by Dr Fatima in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, where tooth extractions are carried out

Our process

How we do an extraction at Dental Studio

Most extractions are finished in one visit under local anaesthetic. Dr Linta Gulraiz, our resident maxillofacial surgeon, takes the surgical and impacted cases.

X-ray and assessment

A digital X-ray, taken by the Modern Diagnostic Centre lab on our premises, shows the root shape and how close the tooth sits to the nerve or sinus.

Numb it properly

Local anaesthetic goes in and we test the tooth before touching it. You should feel pressure, never sharpness. Say so and we top it up.

Ease the tooth out

A straightforward tooth is loosened and lifted. A broken or impacted one is reached through a small gum flap and often divided first — gentler than forcing it whole.

Clean, close, aftercare

The socket is cleaned, stitches go in if the gum was opened, and you bite on gauze until bleeding stops. You leave with written aftercare.

Reception at Dental Studio by Dr Fatima, opposite Gate 3 of Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi

How long it takes, and what recovery is like

A simple extraction is about twenty minutes in the chair. A surgical or impacted wisdom tooth usually runs to forty-five minutes or an hour, most of that spent going slowly.

Bite on the gauze for thirty to forty-five minutes and bleeding normally stops. For the first day do not rinse, spit, smoke or use a straw — that is what dislodges the clot. Swelling peaks on the second day and eases from the third; a cold pack helps. Most people are back on normal food within a week. Message us if pain sharpens after day three.

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Why us

Why patients choose us for extractions

A maxillofacial resident on the team

Dr Linta Gulraiz is a resident in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, so awkward roots and impactions are handled here, not referred on.

A booked time, not a queue

You are given a slot and seen at it — no morning on a bench with a swollen face waiting your turn.

Same-day slots until 10 PM

We keep time back each day for people in pain, six days a week, until ten at night.

Questions we get asked about tooth extraction

Will having a tooth out hurt?

The tooth is fully numb first, so you feel firm pressure and movement rather than pain. Afterwards most patients find ordinary painkillers enough for two or three days.

Do all wisdom teeth need to come out?

No. One that has come through straight and stays clean can be left alone. We remove the ones that trap food, decay, press on the tooth in front, or keep infecting the gum.

What is a dry socket and how do I avoid one?

It is the loss of the blood clot from the socket, usually after rinsing or smoking too soon. The pain arrives around day three and needs a dressing, so message us.

Should I replace the tooth afterwards?

For a back tooth, usually yes. The gap lets neighbouring teeth drift and the opposing tooth over-erupt. An implant, bridge or denture can fill it once healed.