Is there any reason not to remove a tooth that your dentist has recommended extracting?

Although there I times when an extraction is needed immediately due to infection, often times the extraction of hopeless teeth can be planned to coincide with the placement of bone grafting or an implant.

Currently, implant restorations are usually recommended for single tooth replacements when conditions allow. Implants and their restorations can be a highly reliable and predictable way to replace a missing tooth.

One important caveat is that implants require adequate bone present to be successful. Unfortunately, many patients have a tooth removed and wait years to inquire about an implant and often they do not have sufficient bone to easily place an implant. Implants can be expensive and many patients do not have the financial where with all to immediately replace a tooth with an implant. For this reason, I sometimes delay removal of a root until a patients finance allow for its implant replacement. The retained root can often function as a place holder for the implant, retaining the surrounding bone until the patient is ready for an implant replacement.

Of course there are many cases where this strategy will not work. This is especially true when there is an infection around a hopeless tooth. This can cause the surrounding bone to be compromised and it is usulally better for a patient to have the tooth removed in order to prevent the spread of the infection(the further destruction of the surrounding bone).