Very dense and unflexible bone: particularly common in african americans and the lower jaw

Highly decayed tooth below the gum line: nothing to grab on to, nothing to wedge against So if your dentist is taking more than just 15 minutes getting your tooth out you probably have one or more of these: WHY ARE SOME TEETH HARD TO PULL? Okay, so while 90% of all teeth come out without much fuss, theres still 10% of them that put up a fight. While its wedged this is where you'll feel a lot of the pressure I was referring to before. Bone is actually a little flexible (especially the upper jaw) and by wiggling the tooth or wedging an instrument between the bone and the tooth will allow it to 'give' a little. The process of extracting a tooth involves two things: loosening up those fibers and expanding the jaw bone. If you want to remove something that glued shut, you don't just grab it and yank, you'll destory it and some of it will probably still be stuck! You want to loosen up the glue until its much weaker and then tease it our gently. So basically the tooth is glued into the bone. Why is this? Because a tooth is held into your jaw by tiny fiber ligiments that attach directly into the bone. In fact if you were to attempt to pull your own tooth - and you literally took a pair of pliers and pulled on the tooth, you would find that it does not come out unless you bench 250. HOW DOES A DENTIST REMOVE A TOOTH? The term 'pulling' a tooth is actually very misleading because there is very little pulling of the tooth. I'll go into whats actually happening next. Anesthetic cannot remove the pushing feeling of trying loosening and finally removing tooth. where you won't feel pain, you will feel a lot of PRESSURE. Don't worry after the initial pinch from getting numb you should not feel a 2nd, because the gums numb a lot more easily than the tooth. You should be completely numb during the time of the extraction and you should always ask for more anesthetic if you feel a sharp pinch.

Just like how root canals get a bad repuation, the history of pulling teeth being painful came from a time when our anesthetics were not as good as they are today. No you should not feel pain during the actual extraction. Lets delve into what goes into a dental extraction so you understand the basics shall we?ĭOES IT HURT TO HAVE YOUR TEETH EXTRACTED? Lets get the most pressing question out. The term 'hard like pulling teeth' makes it seem like its a long painful process. 'Pulling Teeth' or dental extractions get a lot of bad press just like root canals. Its been a while since I had posted I apologize, I'll keep more regular update as much as possible!

Dental pliers for pulling teeth