How can I pull my own tooth...?

Question

I can't afford a dentist ! should I go to Lowes and buy visegrips after I hit the liquor store ?

Answer 1

Pulling Your Own Teeth

Even though it may sound very odd and downright compelling, a lot of people actually try to extract their own teeth. Toothache pain can be very painful and very frustrating, making you try anything to get relief. Depending on how bad the pain is, you'll be more than willing to do just about anything you can to get the pain to stop. Abscesses or really bad cavities are among the worst, as the pain never seems to let up - no matter what you do.

In the old days, teeth were extracted by pliers, as there were no dentists around. During these times, people would get drunk on alcohol and then the teeth would be extracted. There was no such thing as anesthesia back then, so it was impossible to locally numb the pain. These days though, local anesthesia is the best way to numb a toothache before pulling the tooth. If you attempt to pull a tooth yourself, you'll feel the pain no matter what you do.

There are situations however, in which you can pull your own teeth. Baby teeth for example, are acceptable to pull. Before you yank it out though, you should check on the age of when the tooth in question should be removed. If you wiggle the tooth around and it appears to be loose, then chances are it will come out without a problem. On the other hand, if you pull the tooth and it turns out to be an abscess, you'll end up with a real problem and your hands and you'll need to visit a dentist as soon as you can.

Another situation in which it is acceptable to pull your own teeth is when you have a severe case of gum disease. Gum disease can cause the socket and the bone to become extremely decayed, which will result in the destruction of the tooth. If the gum disease is severe enough, the tooth will be extremely loose and will come out without a problem. In some cases, the tooth can be almost unbearable to the touch. If you have gum disease and notice a loose tooth, you should be careful when pulling it. If you don't do it properly or if you do it too soon, you could end up breaking the top of the tooth. If this happens, you'll need to go to the dentist to have the remaining portion of the tooth cut out.

Even though a tooth may feel loose when you touch it, doesn't always mean that you can grab a pair of pliers and rip it out. Teeth are very delicate. If you try to rip a tooth out with pair of pliers and make a mistake, you should end up doing more harm than good. Putting pliers in your mouth can also lead to an infection, which would send you to the dentist. Abscesses on the other hand, should never be dealt with on your own - you'll need to go to a dentist to have him properly extract the tooth and give you some antibiotics to stop the infection.

To be on the safe side and avoid any potential problems that could easily arise, you should always go to the dentist if you have a toothache. No matter how bad the pain may be, you should never attempt to pull the tooth yourself. Your dentist can numb the area before he pulls the tooth, so you'll feel no pain at all. He will also prescribe you some pain medicine and antibiotics as well, to help treat any infection you may have. If you attempt to pull the tooth yourself, you'll only cause more problems in the end - and end up going to a dentist anyway.

Answer 2

How To Pull A Tooth

Answer 3

So I just got medicaid but it's the Amerigroup one and I could only find one dentist in las vegas that will accept it. So I booked an appointment with this guy. The assistant takes x-rays of my tooth posts it in the room where the extraction is to take place. Dentist walks into the room he never even read my charts I had to verbally tell him I have very high blood pressure and no medication for it he says that shouldn't be a problem cause he does too about the same as mine he says. He then tells me the tooth should be easier to extract cause there is no bone attached to it cause the bone is deteriorated . And even after looking at the x-ray I still had to tell him my the tooth was fractured he didn't even know that after looking at the X-ray then tells me I am going to need a doctors consent form before he'll extract the tooth. So now I'm having a hard time trying to find a doctor that will accept new patients with my insurance and on top of that I'm scared to go back to this dentist cause he seems to be like my grandmother when she got Alzheimer's disease just very disconnected to what is going on. So I'm thinking of extracting it myself. Are there any good DIY videos that teach you this technique.

Answer 4

i know you shouldnt pull your own tooth. but, sometimes it just can t be helped. Either the dentist can t get you...you have no job so cant make payments or the dentist doesnt take payments or you have no insurance. I don t put anyone down for pulling their own tooth. I have been in that pain before luckily most of mine are not connected to a nerve by the time i pull them. I have one that i will be pulling in the next day because of no insurance and no job. i am glad for the input i have read so far. Good luck to all that have no other option but to pull their own.

Answer 5

Do not attempt to pull your own tooth or anyone else's tooth. You could end up with a bad infection, excessive bleeding, etc. Set up a payment plan with your dentist or any dentist that may do that for you & have the tooth extracted the right way.

Answer 6

This guy On YouTube pulled his own tooth, but don’t do what he did. his teeth looked pretty good and he could Of had that small cavity filled for less than $100 And many dentist would’ve taken payments if you had no money. if he someday decides to get a or bridge or fake tooth it’s going to cost over $1000. My dentist doesn’t expect to be paid until after the work is finished but I have went to a dentist that wanted money up front before he did any work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIvsVxu1uvs

The guy in the YouTube video used a pair of vise grips and pulled the tooth straight out. It took several tries and was very painful. You’re supposed to wiggle the tooth first to make it loose. First of all go on eBay and invest in a pair of dentist Tooth extractors, don’t use pliers vise grips. Move the tooth back and forth, right to left twist it slightly like your ready to pull out a tent stake. There are several videos on YouTube of people pulling their own teeth I suggest you watch them all and read as much as you can on the Internet first.

I’m thinking of pulling out my own tooth because several dentists want to charge more than $3000. I have a wisdom tooth coming in and it crack and chipped a molar.

They want to do oral surgery and cut out my wisdom tooth and then fix the molar. I want them to pull out the molar and just let the wisdom tooth grow in its place. That’s what wisdom teeth are supposed to do. Dentist are not trained for that. They think God made a mistake by giving people wisdom teeth. So it’s $3000 for the oral surgery to cut out the wisdom tooth and the chipped molar probably needs a root canal that will cost another $900. If I pull it out myself not only will it be free but I’ll have a new tooth.

Answer 7

I know how you feel, my tooth is giving me jip as a write this. Its got so bad I feel like pulling it out just to be rid of the pain and cuz I cant afford a dentist I m on the nhs writing list. But seriously I would nt pull your own teeth out you might make it worse by trying.
You should call emergency service if its that bad they might be able to help.

Answer 8

If you are really serious about this I will give you my best guess as to what may aid you in pain relief.

Start a few hours before and take a few tablets of ibuprofen, the max in a day an adult should take is 3200mg. Take 4 tabs of 150 mg tabs. Boil your metal instruments if you plan on using them, then lay them off to cool. Get the maximum concentration amount of orajel that the pharmacies sell. If it is a upper tooth, swab a ton of orajel around the whole tooth, the cheek side as well as the tongue side of the tooth. Put it on there and leave it on there, try not to swallow, keep things dry.
If it is a molar located on the bottom arch this will most likely hurt pretty bad. The nerve branch that innervates the lower molars and premolars is imbedded deep in the back of the jaw. You will have a hard time getting lower molars and premolars numb with orajel. Also with molars you are dealing with multiple roots. If these roots are conical and do not go off in different directions the tooth should come out easily. If they are not conical and bend, curve in different directions, they will break and most likely you will need the aid of cutting bone to get these roots out. Sometimes general dentists like myself send these teeth off to the Oral Surgeon who has more training in dealing with teeth that have curvy bent roots. These teeth have to be cut out.

Now lets say you are dealing with a single rooted tooth and you are a little numb from the orajel(orajel is very weak by the way), and lets say you have premedicated yourself (ibuprofen). Take your vise grips hold on to the tooth and start by wiggling the tooth out to the cheek side first. The cheek side usually has the least amount of bone, this will offer up the least amount of resistance. Then tilt it back to the tongue side, then back out to the cheek side. If you can place steady pressure on the tooth, the bone will eventually loosen up and give the tooth a little more wiggle room. You will always want to take the tooth out by tilting out to the cheek side, not to the tongue side.

Good Luck. I do not advocate this technique nor do I condone the use of premedicative agents such as alcohol or marijuana, but if you have to use them, then be as careful as possible. Continue the use of ibuprofen after your attempt at tooth removal. Ibuprofen and Tylenol together will provide you better pain relief than any narcotic.

Answer 9

well lets start off... im in the proccess of getting back on SSI. i was born with several conditions that make it hard for me to hear whats being written and spoken to me. so basically noone wants to hireme, or keep me working for them.

i have many bad teeth...but one in particular has broke about half off. i don t have insurance or any money.
so a dentist is out of the question. i do however have a free apointment at a clinic on Dec 10th 2015 and its currently nov 18th 2015.

untill then im in horrible unbearable, unrelentless pain. i have bought Hydrocodones off the street because the ER wont give me pain meds. and frankly i dont give a **** if its illegal if noone will help me ill do it my self.
anyways, i have been taking 10mg Hydrocodone s 2 times a day, with 2 Advil liquigels and Clove oil ruibbed on the whole tooth gums and inbetween cracks...
and im still getting throbbing Sharp pains all the way back into my ear, eyes, lower jaw, between ear and temple, and forhead and back of head to the neck... its hard core as ****.

i used pliers 2 days ago on it.. and basically cracked my jaw bone doing it, and half of my nerv is still in there... i got the ******* tooth out but needless to say, i made that **** worse... i honestly didnt think it could get any worse.. ohh and guess what... ER will not do anything, no pills nothing... they said same thing they have said every time... go see a dentist...

putting it simply.... take it from someone who did it and is still suffering and will for an entire month!!!

GO TO A DENTIST!!

they are now my favorite Doctors and frankly i think they are better doctors all around... they seem to care while the normal doctors just dont... no pain meds nothing.. every time i see a dentist they will give me pain meds without asking.. if they see me in pain i dont even have to say anything.. they are like ima right you a script so your not hurting...

ER docs will give you Naproxen or Tramedol which are basically glorified Advil/IBprofrin they are worthless for pain...
only thing they did was make my stomach hurt and make me feel sick while staying in severe pain.

choice is yours.

Answer 10

I hope you're not serious. See if you can find a dentist who will let you pay in installments. If you have a bad tooth, you could have an infection and open yourself up to a wide variety of other health problems. The health of your teeth effects your overall health.