i am home minus part of a tooth.Emergency dentist same woman.We had a long discussion.X ray showed no problem with two teeth.I told her brushing and flossing was not working,i understood her reluctance to pull a healthy tooth.But i said explain the pain,she could not,i said paracetamol was not touching the pain codine put me in hospital Thursday night.So i said pull it.Well as she did it exploded in to bits,her fist /back of her hand and the tool hit me on the cheek,the tooth broke up in bits.The root and a little part is still in my gum.Someone else will be taking that out,and the tooth had a full length crack in it that the x ray did not spot.i am now painless hurrah.