Like Pulling Teeth

“Like pulling teeth” is a commonly used idiom that refers to something difficult to accomplish. My video this month, however, would suggest that pulling teeth may actually not be all that tough. I recently spent a week in Jamaica as part of a medical and dental team providing care under relatively harsh conditions. The layout of our makeshift clinics allowed me to work alongside a dentist and two dental assistants. Besides getting the opportunity to pull my first permanent tooth, I was able to enlist the dental team’s collaboration on a teaching video, in which we demonstrate the elemental steps of pulling a tooth. This video was made in a medically austere environment during which we were plagued by flies and other insects, but it demonstrates nicely the equipment and procedural steps of a dental extraction. And with the right equipment, I found, it is not all that difficult to pull a tooth . Watch Dr. Mellick’s video of a tooth extraction.Tags: dentistry, Jamiaca, teeth, extractionPublished: 1/4/2016 9:09:00 AM
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