Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Technically, India is a part of Asia; however, the land mass south of the Himalays is often referred to as the Indian Sub-continent, a smaller continent-like area with India, both Pakistans, and probably Nepal. I'm not sure what constitutes a sub-continent, rocks-wise, but any way ... Indian sub-continent.
A surgical extraction is a more complex procedure. It is used if a tooth may have broken off at the gum line or has not come into the mouth yet. Surgical extractions commonly are done by oral surgeons. However, they are also done by general dentists.
No wonder we are often reduced to terms like the cleaning lady and the tooth fairy.. Charming as that may seem at times, it leaves a negative impression about dental hygienists. Dentists do not clean caries from teeth; they restore teeth. Wisdom teeth are extracted. Biopsies are performed, not scrapings of tissue.. Periodontists surgically and nonsurgically debride biofilm from teeth and treat diseased gingival complexes.