I met with one oral surgeon who went off in a snit when I said there was no way in hades I was going to take a general for pulling a tooth. The not unsympathetic dental office “adjusted” the fee for me (their normal doctor had injured his hand and was in recuperation, and I saw a substitute). I went to another dentist and he did it with nothing but Novocaine, no muss, no fuss.
>> he did it with nothing but Novocaine
wimp ...
Yes, usually I have novocaine, but the dental surgery was about an hour.
I was able to use some new type of combination of pills (to me) and it worked well.