tooth pulling
Forceps in mouth
Tooth pulling is the extraction of a tooth from its socket, whether by a dentist or through cruder means.
The phrase often appears figuratively to describe getting information or cooperation from someone reluctant to provide it: Getting him to talk about his feelings is like pulling teeth.
- dentistOral care physician
- dental surgeryMedical procedures on teeth
- extractionAct of removing
- pliersHinged metal gripping tool
- yankingPulling abruptly
molar · pain · novocaine · local anesthesia · laughing gas · jaw · root · socket · dry socket · bloody · forceps · numb · open wide · drill · cavity · wisdom · ache · gums
- oral surgeryoral surgery, oral surgeon, wisdom teeth, dental implants, molar extraction
- dentistrydentist, teeth, dentists, dental care, filling
- Dental Historybarber surgeon, barber surgeons, Etruscans, wooden teeth, gold teeth
- historical sanitationcesspit, cesspool, chamber pot, latrine, outhouse
- old medicinebloodletting, leeches, leech therapy, leeching, cupping
tooth pullingfilling
Material placed within
tooth filling · root canal · tooth repair · dental bonding · cavity filling
tooth pullingpiece of cake
Idiomatic easy task
walk in the park · child's play · breeze · easy as pie · smooth sailing
tooth, pulling, toothy, toothless, toothlike, toothed, pull, pulls, pulled