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Literary references illustrating the patients' perspective on tooth extraction.
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The second part of the selection of literary excerpts on toothache deals with extraction as the ultimate curse. In common with killing a cat, there are many ways to do it.
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Richardson, M. Toothache tales: Part 2. Br Dent J 192, 709–713 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4801462
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