I had a tooth extracted a few years back
after numerous dental techniques had failed to cure a chronic abscess. Wasn't really painful at all. I was pleasantly surprised.

Sure, it ached a bit after the anaesthetic wore off, but it was just a dull soreness, not an acute "ouch" type of pain.

And after a week it was all healed again. I still stick my tongue in the gap where it was though, about 5 years on.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Feb 2009, 13:51, Reply)