Matthew Bell
Best dental practice we’ve ever had. Had a string of disappointments over the years and Pearly Whites is so well organised and professional.
Tooth Extractions in Fulham
Simple extractions with your usual dentist, and surgical extractions with Dr Rohan Shaffery, who has advanced training and a special interest in oral surgery, with socket preservation to protect your bone if you’re planning an implant.
- Simple extractions from £249 with your usual dentist, surgical from £475
- Surgical extractions with Dr Rohan Shaffery
- Socket preservation grafting to protect the bone for a future implant
- Sedation with a visiting anaesthetist, if you’d like it
- Emergency appointments the same or next working day
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At a glance
Extractions at Pearly Whites
- Surgical extraction
- From £475, with Dr Rohan, for broken, impacted or complex teeth
- Socket preservation
- From £500, to keep the bone ready for an implant
- Sedation
- With a visiting anaesthetist, on request
Simple or surgical?
Two kinds of extraction
Simple extraction
For a tooth that’s fully visible and in one piece: your usual dentist gently loosens and removes it under local anaesthetic, usually in a short appointment.
Surgical extraction
For a tooth that’s broken at the gum line, has curved or long roots, or hasn’t fully come through. Dr Rohan may make a small opening in the gum or divide the tooth to remove it gently, in pieces, with as little disturbance to the bone as possible.
Planning an implant?
Have your extraction with Dr Rohan
If there’s any chance you’ll want to replace your tooth with a dental implant, we always suggest having it removed by Dr Rohan. How a tooth is taken out makes a real difference to the bone that’s left, and that bone is what an implant needs.
Dr Rohan uses gentle techniques that minimise bone loss and, when it’s needed, places a socket preservation graft at the same appointment. It gives you the best possible foundation for your implant, and can mean a simpler implant treatment later on.
Socket preservation
Protecting your bone after an extraction
After a tooth is removed, the bone around the empty socket naturally starts to shrink, sometimes quickly. Socket preservation helps stop that.
What it is
Straight after the tooth is removed, the socket is filled with bone graft material, often covered with a protective membrane, and left to heal.
Why it matters
It helps keep the height and width of your bone, so there’s enough to hold an implant later and your gum keeps a natural shape.
Simpler implants later
Preserving the bone at the time of extraction can avoid the need for a bigger bone graft when your implant is placed.
Your dentist
Dr Rohan Shaffery
Dr Rohan has advanced training and a special interest in oral surgery, implantology and periodontology. After graduating from King’s College London, he completed a Master’s in Clinical Implantology and became a Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He carries out our surgical extractions and wisdom tooth removal, and because he also places implants, he can plan your extraction with your future implant in mind.
Why a tooth may need removing
When we recommend an extraction
We always try to save a tooth first. An extraction is recommended when that isn’t possible, or isn’t in your best interests.
Badly decayed or broken
When there isn’t enough healthy tooth left to repair with a filling, crown or root canal treatment.
Infection
A tooth with an infection that can’t be treated, or keeps coming back.
Gum disease
Teeth that have lost so much support from gum disease that they’ve become loose.
Wisdom teeth
Wisdom teeth that are causing pain, infection or damage to the teeth next to them.
Wisdom teeth →Before orthodontics
Occasionally, to make space for teeth to be straightened.
Invisalign →Cracked roots
A tooth that has split below the gum line and can’t be restored.
Your treatment
What to expect
Assessment
We examine the tooth, take an X-ray and explain your options, including how you might replace the tooth.
Numbing
We numb the area thoroughly with local anaesthetic, or arrange sedation with a visiting anaesthetist if you’re nervous.
Removing the tooth
The tooth is gently removed. You’ll feel pressure but shouldn’t feel pain. For a surgical extraction, Dr Rohan may place a few stitches.
Socket preservation
If you’re planning an implant, a socket preservation graft can be placed at the same appointment.
Aftercare and review
We give you clear aftercare advice and see you for a review to check you’re healing well. Your review appointments are included in the price.
Afterwards
Looking after the socket
Let it clot
Bite gently on the gauze we give you. For the first 24 hours, avoid rinsing, spitting hard, hot drinks and using a straw, so the clot stays in place.
Don’t smoke
Smoking slows healing and raises the risk of a painful dry socket, so avoid it for as long as you can.
Soft foods
Stick to soft foods for a few days and chew on the other side. From the next day, rinse gently with warm salt water after meals.
Call us if
Pain gets worse after a few days, bleeding won’t stop, or you notice swelling or a bad taste. It could be a dry socket or infection, which we can treat.
Costs
Extraction prices
- Simple extractionWith your usual dentistPearlyPlan members save 10%From £249
- Surgical extraction with Dr Rohan, straightforwardPearlyPlan members save 10%From £475
- Surgical extraction with Dr Rohan, complexFrom £52.50 a month with 0% financePearlyPlan members save 10%From £630
- Socket preservation graftTo keep the bone ready for an implantFrom £500
- SedationWith a visiting anaesthetistQuoted at consultation
Review appointments after your extraction are included in the price. Wisdom tooth removal is from £309: see wisdom teeth.
Reviews
What our patients say
jay
Best dental practive in area..✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
Nicola Gerhard
Always made to feel valued as a patient, Dr Lia is a wonderful dentist.
john hill
Dr Lia and Nurse Shukri
Practice manager Zahra were all wonderful- I actually look forward to coming to the dentist. All so kind & competent & happy.
Justin Thomas
What a wonderful team! I can’t recommend the Invisalign treatment highly enough in the hands of this capable team. Thank you for all you’ve done over the last few months. A very happy client!
Questions
Tooth extraction FAQs
How much does a tooth extraction cost?
A simple extraction with your usual dentist is from £249. Surgical extractions with Dr Rohan are from £475, or from £630 for complex cases. Review appointments are included, and PearlyPlan members save 10%.
What’s the difference between a simple and a surgical extraction?
A simple extraction, with your usual dentist, removes a whole, visible tooth. A surgical extraction is for teeth that are broken, have difficult roots or haven’t fully come through, and may involve a small opening in the gum and a few stitches.
I might want an implant. Who should take my tooth out?
Dr Rohan. He uses techniques that minimise bone loss and can place a socket preservation graft at the same time, giving you the best foundation for an implant.
What is socket preservation?
Filling the empty socket with bone graft material straight after the tooth is removed, to help stop the bone shrinking. It keeps the bone ready for an implant and is from £500.
Will it hurt?
The area is numbed first, so you’ll feel pressure but shouldn’t feel pain. Some soreness afterwards is normal and usually eases within a few days with everyday painkillers.
Can I be sedated?
Yes. Sedation with a visiting anaesthetist can be arranged if you’re nervous.
How long does it take to heal?
The gum usually heals over a couple of weeks, and the bone underneath over a few months.
What is a dry socket?
When the blood clot in the socket is lost too early, leaving the bone exposed and painful, usually a few days after the extraction. Call us and we can dress it to ease the pain.
Can I go back to work afterwards?
Usually the same or the next day after a simple extraction. After a surgical extraction or sedation, you may want to take a day or two off.
Can you take a tooth out in an emergency?
Yes. Call us and we’ll see you the same or next working day.
Need a tooth removed?
Book online or call us. Thinking about an implant afterwards? Ask for your extraction with Dr Rohan.
