exodontics
exodontia

A dental extraction (also referred to as exodontia) is the removal of a tooth from the mouth.

Dentoalveolar growth and development, pediatric dental exfoliation, and exodontia secondary to periodontitis, carious lesions, other pathoses, or trauma can necessitate the fabrication of successive palatal lift prostheses that may be deemed too costly and/or time consuming.

Dr. Harry J. Field, a New Jersey dentist for 61 years who was one of the earliest specialists in exodontia, the extraction of teeth, died of cardiac arrest Thursday at his home in South Orange, N.J.