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I can confirm. I had the same experience minus the trainee. Had my wisdom teeth extracted while in the Marines. It was over in less than 30 seconds - no time for anesthesia to kick in nor do I remember him administering any. Crack, crack, yank - done.

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Much depends on the position of the teeth. Pulling some with pliers would cause so much bleeding that choking could kill the patient (teeth still well below gum line).

You could just do the operation with the patient laying face-down on a massage table (the kind with a head-hole), so that the blood runs out of their mouth instead of down their throat. Might be a lot of blood loss, though; you'd want to wear goggles while doing the yanking. :)

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