He’s just pulling your leg. 
The bad news is that it appears to have affected your ability to punctuate. That might never come back.
Link to other thread where I used up my quota of serious answers for today:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=796825
I had very low levels of very easy to tolerate pain after extractions. I finally had them all extracted and it was no big deal.
I had one of my molars extracted today…it was painless…it has been 8 hours without pain,not a little bit 
I had all four of my molars extracted on my lunch hour, then went back to work. No pain, except when I tried to eat something. Guess I was lucky.
Panache, did you know that you already posted in this thread? You said the same thing, etc. in #34.
fyi
Several months ago - I’d give him a no-senility-yet pass on that one ;). Zombie threads have nailed many an unwary poster.
Hello all…i am about to have a molar pulled and was looking for info on the actual procedure and what it feels like (yes…im scared…lol)…somehow i ended up here (Google),for what i have been reading it is different for each patient,however,i have a quite peculiar concern,maybe im just overthinking or looking for trouble where there is none but…is there a…risk…if it can be called that way,that when the dentist is pulling or yanking on said molar,the “pliers” can like…slip and hit another tooth or something potentialy breaking it and stuff? is there actuall pulling motion or does the “tool” used just wedge or something so it comes out? just registered for this…have had dental work before,not affraid of the needle,even had a root canal done…but never an extraction…any help?
Welcome Steinbrenner, as with most things the answer is it varies. Teeth and bone varies. Generally front teeth have one root, premolars one or two roots and molars two or three roots. Canines especially uppers have very long roots. Molar area tends to have thicker bone than anterior teeth. lower thicker than upper. Usually the dentist starts with an elevator(looks sort of like a screwdriver with a curved tip). It is placed next to the tooth at the gum line and rotated in a front back motion. This helps loosen the tooth. The forceps(pliers) are then used in a side to side movement to work the tooth out of the bone. Slipping of the forceps can happen but the chance of breaking an adjacent tooth that way is very slim. In 31 years I’ve never broken a tooth that way. I have broken the porcelain on two adjacent teeth when using an elevator. It is more likely that if the tooth is not loose enough or is decayed the crown of the tooth being extracted could break. Then of course one has to extract the roots usually this is a bit tougher but works basically the same.
During the procedure the patient should be numb. Sounds simple but some dentists are better at it than others. There will be pressure and you will feel that even when numb, how much of course depends on the tooth and bone. Sometimes there are little cracking type sounds. In the great majority of cases things go just fine.
Best of luck with your extraction.
Thanks a lot for such a knowledgeable answer,i have a pretty clear idea of how it works now and what to expect,and i guess it will be the breaking type as you explain,since the molar is decayed,it seems kind of dark gray colored and almost half of it broke off already,i will surely follow my dentist instructions and hope for the best…Thx
Same here, I didn’t even use the Vicodin for pain, they gave me 12 of them and I swear I flushed all of them. I never save them for the weekend:cool: and have a few cocktails and get digital DUIs playing Forza.
not necessarily. half the tooth is a fair amount. Usually more of a problem with teeth that are decayed so they are hallow. A lot of times the dentist will just make a incision to move the gums back and take off a bit of bone, make the extraction when there isn’t much to grab on too a lot easier.
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