>>I know some instinctos here who have let some dead teeth pulled without >>any narcotics. They report, that of course there is the immediate pain >>when the tooth is being pulled, but they can handle it. And when the >>tooth is pulled, the pain decreases quickly to zero. >If the nerve was dead, perhaps. Otherwise, I don't believe it. I had a tooth pulled a year or two ago, and it was not dead, I can assure you !!!8>0 The pain was extreme during the actual pulling, but then it was all over, no more pain. There may have been slight discomfort for the time it took to heal - but after the pulling, anything else is pure pleasure ;>) Presently I have pain when chewing in a few teeth, which I take to mean that they are infected. I keep making plans to grow some barley for the juice, to see if that might clear it up. (Then, by the time I do it, maybe it'll be dead teeth that don't feel anymore - how on earth will I know? ). Lynton