Tooth Extractions, Lanark: Teeth Removed Carefully, with a Clear Plan

Q: How much is a tooth extraction in Lanark?

A straightforward extraction costs £125, or £220 if the socket needs stitches and a collagen plug to help it heal. Surgical removals, which include most difficult wisdom teeth, are £450. If you'd prefer to be sedated, IV sedation costs £500 per session. Dental plan members pay £113 for a routine extraction, and you'll be told the fee before treatment begins.

Q: Does every wisdom tooth have to be removed?

Not always. Provided a wisdom tooth has erupted upright, meets an opposing tooth and can be cleaned properly, it is usually fine to keep. Removal makes sense when it causes repeated infections, decays because your brush can't get to it, damages the molar in front, or develops a cyst. We take an X-ray to see where it sits, and if the roots lie close to the nerve, a scan on our CT scanner (£160) maps them before surgery. See our guide to wisdom teeth for more.

Q: Can I have sedation for a tooth extraction?

Yes. IV sedation can be used for extractions, at £500 a session. It's well worth thinking about for surgical removals, wisdom teeth, several extractions at once, or if anxiety would otherwise keep you away. You stay awake but deeply relaxed and typically recall very little, so an adult will need to collect you and stay nearby until you go to bed. General anaesthetic, where you're fully asleep, is only given in hospital, so we would refer you if that's what you need.

Q: What causes dry socket and how can I prevent it?

Dry socket occurs when the blood clot that forms in the socket after an extraction comes away before the gum has healed, exposing the bone. It causes a deep, throbbing ache, often along with an unpleasant taste, typically three to five days after the extraction. The main triggers in the first few days are smoking, vaping, vigorous rinsing, spitting and using straws. It isn't harmful, but it can be very painful, and standard painkillers may hardly help. If you think you have it, phone us: we clean the socket and place a dressing, which usually eases the pain within a day or two.

Q: How long does healing take after a tooth is removed?

Most soreness settles within a few days, and the gum normally closes over in one to two weeks. Surgical extractions take longer, and you may need a week or so to feel yourself again. Beneath the gum, the bone continues filling in for several months, so if an implant is planned for the space we usually allow around three months for it to firm up. Keep to soft meals for a few days and chew away from the extraction site.

In Lanark, a routine extraction costs £125 and surgical or wisdom tooth removal costs £450. Local anaesthetic is enough for most, and the appointment rarely runs close to an hour. If anxiety would stop you coming, IV sedation is available. And before we remove anything, you'll get a straight answer on whether the tooth can be saved.

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Sedation is £500 per session. Removal with stitches and a collagen dressing in the socket is £220. If it hurts, we try to fit you in that day. ¹

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When Removal Makes Sense

We'd always rather save a tooth. Sometimes, though, taking it out is the better option for you, usually for one of these reasons.

Broken Down to the Gum Line

When a split reaches the root, or there isn't enough tooth showing above the gum to support a crown, any repair would fail.

Recurring Infection

An abscess that reappears despite root canal treatment, or a root filling that has already failed repeatedly.

Loose From Gum Disease

When the bone supporting a root is largely lost, the tooth wobbles and there's no way to make it firm again.

Problem Wisdom Teeth

A lower wisdom tooth wedged into the molar ahead of it, one only partly erupted with repeatedly inflamed gum, or one decayed because it's impossible to clean.

Making Space for Alignment

Occasionally orthodontic or aligner treatment needs room that can only come from taking a tooth out.

Baby Teeth That Won't Budge

A child's tooth still firmly in place when the permanent one beneath is ready to erupt.

Which Extraction?

We'll show you the X-ray beforehand, so you know which type you're having before the appointment.

Routine. Once numb, the tooth is gently loosened in its socket and removed in one piece, often within a few minutes

Surgical. A small flap of gum is lifted, a little bone may be removed or the tooth sectioned, and dissolvable stitches close the site. This is how most lower wisdom teeth are taken out

Socket care. Stitches plus a collagen dressing (£220) protect the clot and help preserve bone when an implant could come later

Sedation. At £500 per session, IV sedation helps anxious patients, people having several teeth out together, or anyone facing a longer surgical visit

Guide: when wisdom teeth should be removed

What Happens on the Day

Imaging First

An X-ray reveals the root shape. Where a lower wisdom tooth lies close to the nerve supplying sensation to your lip, our in-house CT scanner here in Lanark shows exactly how near in 3D.

Numbing

Nothing starts until you're completely numb. Expect firm pressure, but nothing sharp. If you're sedated, that's given first through a fine cannula, and afterwards most patients remember little.

The Extraction

Routine removals are over quickly. Surgical ones take more time, and we explain what you'll notice before every step.

Leaving the Practice

Biting on gauze stops the bleeding, and you go home with written aftercare instructions and a number to contact if you're concerned.

Do Wisdom Teeth Need to Go?

Lots of wisdom teeth cause no problems at all. When they've erupted fully, can be cleaned easily and aren't giving trouble, we simply monitor them at your dental examinations. UK guidance advises against removing healthy wisdom teeth as a precaution.

Removal becomes sensible if one causes repeated infections in the gum over it (pericoronitis), is decayed beyond a reasonable filling, or is harming the neighbouring molar. Uppers tend to be simpler to remove than lowers.

For lowers, the chief risks are dry socket and, more rarely, numbness of the lip or tongue if a nearby nerve is bruised; this normally settles. Your dentist goes over your personal risk using the scan before you choose. Coming in from Carluke or Lesmahagow for treatment under sedation? Arrange for someone to drive you home afterwards.

Home Aftercare

Bite on the gauze for 30 minutes. Any later oozing usually stops with 20 minutes of firm pressure on damp gauze or a teabag

Don't rinse, spit or use a straw for 24 hours; the clot needs to stay in place

From the next day, rinse gently with warm salty water after eating, for roughly a week

Smoking and vaping are the biggest causes of dry socket, so stop for 48 hours at least

Choose soft food that isn't hot, and chew away from the socket

Have pain relief before the anaesthetic wears off. Following wisdom tooth removal, swelling is usually worst around the second or third day

Replacing the Missing Tooth

A space right at the back may never need replacing. Left for long, though, neighbouring teeth can lean into it, the tooth opposite can over-erupt, and the bone shrinks away, mostly in the first few months. If you'll want a replacement, decide before the extraction.

When it's a front tooth, an immediate denture (£495) or a resin-retained bridge (£675 a unit) means nobody sees a space. As a permanent answer, a dental implant can be placed once the socket heals a few months on, and in some cases on extraction day itself.

Considering an Implant Later?

Dr Kalsi plans every implant from a CT scan taken in the practice, which shows whether the bone can hold one immediately or should heal first. There's no charge for the consultation; the £20 deposit comes back to you within 7 days of attending.

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What It Costs

You'll get the fee in writing before treatment. Members of our dental plans save 10% on most items here. Last reviewed October 2026. ¹

Surgical removal, including wisdom teeth	£450
Routine extraction	£125
Removal with stitches and a socket dressing	£220
IV sedation, per session	£500
Additional 30 minutes under sedation	£250
CT scan in 3D	£160
Urgent same-day visit	£85
Immediate denture for the gap	£495

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Patients Ask

Comfort, recovery, sedation and cost.

Does having a tooth out hurt?–

Not during the extraction, because the tooth and surrounding gum are thoroughly numbed; you'll feel pressure and pushing but no pain. Expect some soreness for a few days afterwards, which paracetamol or ibuprofen normally keeps under control. Surgical and wisdom tooth extractions stay tender for longer, with swelling at its worst around the second or third day. Following our aftercare advice, and above all not smoking, reduces the risk of a painful dry socket.

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Guides

Sore Tooth, or Facing Removal?

If it's hurting, we'll do our best to see you today. We're also happy to give a second opinion on whether the tooth could be kept, and to arrange sedation if that's what makes coming in possible.

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