Tooth Extractions, Hamilton

Taking Teeth Out, Gently and with a Plan

Q: How much does it cost to have a tooth out in Hamilton?

A routine extraction at our Hamilton practice is £125, or £220 when stitches and a collagen plug are needed to help the socket heal. Surgical extractions, including most awkward wisdom teeth, are £450. If you'd like to be sedated, IV sedation is £500 per session. You'll know the fee before we start, and plan members pay £113 for a routine extraction.

Q: Do I need my wisdom teeth out?

Not necessarily: a wisdom tooth that has come through straight, meets its partner and can be kept clean can stay. We'd advise removal if it keeps getting infected, is decaying because you can't reach it, is damaging the tooth in front, or has a cyst forming around it. An X-ray shows the position, and if the roots sit close to the nerve, a CT scan (£160) maps it before surgery. Our wisdom teeth guide explains more.

Q: Can I be sedated to have a tooth taken out?

Yes, IV sedation is available for extractions at £500 per session. It's worth considering for a surgical removal, wisdom teeth, several extractions in one go, or if nerves would otherwise stop you coming. You're awake but very calm and usually remember little, so you'll need a grown-up to collect you and keep an eye on you until bedtime. Being fully asleep under general anaesthetic only happens in hospital, so we'd refer you if you need that.

Q: What is a dry socket and how do I avoid it?

Dry socket happens when the blood clot in an extraction socket is lost before the gum has healed, leaving the bone exposed. It brings a deep, throbbing pain, often with a bad taste, usually three to five days after the tooth comes out. Smoking, vaping, rinsing hard, spitting and drinking through straws in the first few days are the main causes. It isn't dangerous, but the pain can be severe and ordinary painkillers may barely touch it. If you suspect it, call us: we clean and dress the socket, which usually brings relief within a day or two.

Q: How long does it take to recover from a tooth extraction?

The gum usually closes over within one to two weeks, and most of the soreness eases within a few days. Surgical extractions take longer, often a week or more before you feel back to normal. The bone underneath keeps filling in for several months, so if you're having an implant in the gap we normally wait about three months for things to firm up. For the first few days, stick to soft food and chew on the other side.

A simple extraction at our Hamilton practice costs £125, and a wisdom tooth or surgical extraction is £450. Most are done under local anaesthetic in well under an hour, and IV sedation is there if nerves would otherwise keep you away. Before anything comes out, we'll tell you honestly whether the tooth could be kept.

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IV sedation £500 a session. Extraction with a collagen dressing and stitches £220. In pain? We aim to see you the same day. ¹

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When We'd Advise Taking It Out

Keeping a tooth is nearly always our first aim. These are the cases where removing it tends to be the kinder choice.

Split or Crumbled to the Gum

If a crack runs down into the root, or too little tooth is left above the gum to hold a crown, no repair will last.

Infection That Keeps Coming Back

An abscess that returns after root canal treatment, or a root-filled tooth that has failed more than once.

Loosened by Gum Disease

Once most of the bone holding a root has gone, the tooth moves and can't be firmed up again.

Troublesome Wisdom Teeth

Lower wisdom teeth jammed against the molar in front, half through with the gum flaring up, or decayed because no brush reaches them.

Room for Straightening

Now and then a brace or aligner plan needs space that only removing a tooth will give.

Stubborn Baby Teeth

A milk tooth that hasn't loosened when the adult tooth underneath is ready to come through.

Simple or Surgical?

You'll know which yours is before the day, because we go through the X-ray with you.

Simple. The tooth is numbed, eased from its socket and lifted out whole. The removal itself is often over in a few minutes

Surgical. We open the gum, sometimes take away a little bone or divide the tooth into sections, and close with dissolving stitches. Most lower wisdom teeth come out this way

Protecting the socket. A collagen dressing and stitches (£220) shield the clot and help keep the bone if an implant may follow

Sedation. IV sedation (£500 a session) suits nervous patients, several teeth in one visit, or a longer surgical appointment

Our wisdom teeth guide: when they need to come out

On the Day, Step by Step

X-Rays, and a Scan If Needed

A small X-ray shows the shape of the roots. If a lower wisdom tooth sits near the nerve that gives feeling to your lip, a CT scan on our own scanner in Hamilton maps the distance between them in 3D.

Getting Numb

We wait until the area is fully numb. You'll feel pushing and pressure, not sharp pain. With sedation, the sedative goes in first through a small cannula, and most people recall very little afterwards.

Removing the Tooth

A simple extraction is quick. A surgical one takes longer, and we tell you what you'll feel before each part.

Before You Go Home

You bite on gauze until the bleeding settles, then leave with written aftercare and a number to message if anything worries you.

Wisdom Teeth: Leave or Remove?

Plenty of wisdom teeth never need treatment. If yours are fully through, easy to clean and causing no trouble, we leave them be and keep an eye on them at dental examinations. Taking out healthy wisdom teeth just in case isn't recommended in the UK.

We'd suggest removal when a wisdom tooth keeps triggering gum infections (pericoronitis), has decay that can't sensibly be filled, or is damaging the molar in front. Upper ones are usually more straightforward than lower ones.

With lower wisdom teeth, the main risks are a dry socket and, less often, a numb lip or tongue from bruising of a nearby nerve, which usually recovers. We talk through your own risk on the scan before you decide. If you're travelling in from East Kilbride or Motherwell for a sedation visit, you'll need someone to drive you home.

Healing at Home

Keep the gauze pressed in for half an hour. If it oozes later, bite firmly on a clean, damp gauze or teabag for twenty minutes

For the first day, no rinsing, spitting or drinking through a straw, so the clot stays where it is

After 24 hours, use warm salt-water mouthwashes after meals for about a week

Avoid smoking and vaping for at least two days; they're the main cause of dry socket

Stick to soft, lukewarm food and chew on the other side

Take painkillers before the numbness fades. After a wisdom tooth, swelling usually peaks on day two or three

Get in touch if the pain is getting worse after day three, or bleeding won't stop with pressure

Planning What Fills the Gap

A gap far back in the mouth doesn't always need filling. Over time, though, the teeth either side can tip into the space, the opposing tooth can drop down, and the jawbone shrinks, most of it within the first few months. If the tooth is going to be replaced, it's worth deciding before it comes out.

For a front tooth, a temporary denture (£495) or a resin-retained bridge (£675 per unit) means you never walk out with a gap. For a longer-term fix, a dental implant can go into the healed socket a few months later, or sometimes on the same day as the extraction.

If You're Thinking of an Implant

Dr Nikhil Sharma plans every implant on a CT scan taken here, so he can judge whether the bone will take an implant straight away or needs time to heal first. The consultation is free, with a £40 deposit refunded within 7 days of attending.

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Extraction Fees

Your fee is written down before we start. Dental plan members pay 10% less on most of these. Fees checked October 2026. ¹

Wisdom tooth or surgical extraction	£450
Simple extraction	£125
Extraction, collagen dressing and stitches	£220
Sedation (IV), one session	£500
Each extra half hour of sedation	£250
3D CT scan	£160
Same-day appointment for pain	£70
Temporary denture, fitted on the day	£495

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Your Questions

Pain, healing, sedation and price.

Is having a tooth pulled painful?–

The extraction itself shouldn't hurt, because the tooth and gum are fully numbed; you'll feel pushing and pressure, not pain. Afterwards the area will be sore for a few days, which paracetamol or ibuprofen usually controls. Surgical extractions and wisdom teeth stay sore for longer, with swelling that tends to peak on the second or third day. Following our aftercare advice, especially not smoking, cuts the chance of a painful dry socket.

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If you're in pain we'll try to see you today. We can also give a second opinion on whether the tooth is worth saving, and arrange sedation if that's what gets you through the door.

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