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A member asked:
Does an abscess tooth extraction hurt? and how about if the tooth gets pulled, does it hurt?
6 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
A little: Your dentist will use local anesthesia to numb the site. You can request pain medication for pain that may occur when the local anesthetic wears off.
Answered 8/17/2014
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NO: Thanks to modern anesthesia, the pain of removing an infected tooth is minimal. Untreated infected teeth and gum infection is very painful already, so I would get to an oral surgeon near you as soon as possible
Answered 8/19/2014
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No: The dentist will use numbing medicine so you will not feel pain when they remove the tooth. Hope this helps. Good luck with that tooth. Dr R
Answered 8/17/2014
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Hang in there: Usually local pain medication such as lidocaine is injected at site to prevent much pain. Some discomfort may occur especially with the injections of lidocaine.
Answered 8/18/2014
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