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What can you do to pull out a molar?
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A dentist: Can make your tooth and jaw numb with local anesthesia and use various dental tools and techniques to remove teeth.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Steps: After anesthesia, we use different kinds of elevators to loosen the tooth and then forcepts to extract the tooth. Sometimes, periosteal separator, surgical blades, bone cutting burs, etc are needed.
Answered 9/25/2013
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