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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAnd, unsurprisingly, there has been a decrease in\npatients who are willing or able to visit their dental surgeries due to\nconcerns over contracting coronavirus. Unfortunately, these difficult\ncircumstances have led to a worsening of dental issues for many people and due\nto the lack of <\/p>\n\n\n\n
dental surgeries that have been open, it has led\nto a rather startling trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There has been a surge in patients attempting to\nremove teeth and treat abscess at home, as opposed to seeking medical advice.\nWhile it can be advisable to treat a mild toothache at home with medication,\nanything more serious requires the input of a dental team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And\nour dentist in St John’s Wood<\/a>\nis here to help. At Aura Dental<\/strong>, we\nare proud of our emergency dental service and can offer patients who are\nexperiencing dental pain, abscesses or any other uncomfortable conditions an\nappointment within 24 hours. This will leave you free of discomfort, and able\nto go about your day during these tough times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But why should you avoid trying to perform\ndentistry at home? Our dentist in St John\u2019s Wood<\/strong>\nanswers that question below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bleeding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you were to have an extraction in the dental\nchair, our dentist in St John\u2019s Wood<\/strong> would be able to\nstem the bleeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the \u2018tying a piece of string to a door\nand then slamming it\u2019 idea for removing a rotten tooth may not only damage the\ntooth but can also lead to extensive bleeding. And as you will not be able to\ncontrol this bleed, you should always see our team if you have a toothache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Worsening of issue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another advantage of visiting a dental\nprofessional is that they will undoubtedly be able to improve the issue. On the\nother hand, whichever issue you are trying to treat at home may be worsened,\nresulting in you visiting an emergency team anyway. Skip the discomfort, and\ncome straight to us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Infection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dental infections can be serious and, as\nmentioned before, if you are trying to pull a tooth at home, you run the risk\nof introducing an infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are worried that you need an extraction,\ncontact our team at Aura Dental<\/strong> for\nadvice and an emergency appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lack of sterile equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our team only uses sterilised equipment, which\nhas had all of the bacteria removed chemically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you try to do any kind of complex dental care\nat home, your tools simply won\u2019t cut it, regardless of how clean you may think\nthey are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As your safety is our priority, come to our team\nfor any dental procedures in one of our clean, sterile treatment rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Experience!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And finally, even if you are trained as a dental\nprofessional, you still should not try at-home dental care!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lacking experience when trying to perform dental\nprocedures is likely to cause a lot of secondary damage, so contact our team\nfor an emergency appointment immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2020, there have been many challenges to face in relation to everyday health due to COVID-19. And, unsurprisingly, there has been a decrease in patients who are willing or able to visit their dental surgeries due to concerns over contracting coronavirus. Unfortunately, these difficult circumstances have led to a worsening of dental issues for … Continue reading Can I remove a rotten tooth myself? Reasons why home dentistry can be dangerous<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Can I remove a rotten tooth myself? Reasons why home dentistry can be dangerous | %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dentists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}