A year ago, I had 2 middle upper right molars give up the ghost. Marina pressured me to go to the emergency room. I got antibiotics and percocets I found an oral surgeon who made an appointment for me to come back when the fever dropped. Jaw infections are no joke they told me. It is a sinus or two away from from your brain. I was high for 3 days on percs, I was also taking them to recover from some minor elbow surgery. I forgot about not fasting , so I washed my morning meds down with a cup of black coffee. No knock out boyo. Novacain It didnt matter. Percs make me not care a rodent's hindquarters about anything. Whatever. Do it . The dentist was built stocky. Big shoulders and arms. A few minutes of struggling and we had the teeth out. It was a group effort. I fight illness actively. I was exhausted from pulling back against the forceps. It was worth it, the infection went down in 24 hrs. If the infection is still there after 2 weeks than I would be seeing another dentist. .