During the procedure, once your child is sufficiently anesthetized, we make an incision in the gum tissue to expose the tooth and bone. We remove any bone that is blocking access to the tooth root and begin breaking down the tooth into smaller pieces to remove it. When we’ve finished removing the tooth, we clean the surgical site and stitch the wound closed if needed. Finally, we place a piece of gauze over the extraction site to begin the process of forming a blot clot.