What to do if the tooth is pulled and the root is broken? Tooth extraction and broken roots are generally clean, because the extracted teeth are mostly diseased teeth with chronic inflammation. If the roots are cut off, the fresh wound can become a culture medium for bacteria, which is prone to inflammation or secondary infection. However, such as impacted teeth, non-carious supernumerary teeth, and dislocated teeth, there is no inflammation, and although there are small residual root fragments, the wound can still heal well.