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My friend is 18yrs old nd the dentist told her that she needs to get one of her tooth extracted due to toothdecay..will it be painful?..

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Probably not: Any dentist will use a topical numbing agent before injection of another numbing agent. While the recovery pain may be great, the actual procedure should be relatively painless.

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Answered 5/24/2015

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