What hurts worse getting top teeth pulled are the bottom?!
Question: What hurts worse getting top teeth pulled are the bottom?
Answers:
In general, upper (maxillary) teeth are easier and less painful to anesthetize than lower (mandibular) teeth. This is mainly due to the fact that the maxilla bone(upper jaw) is a less dense bone than the mandible(lower jaw), and the nerves that run through it to the upper teeth can usually be put to sleep with fairly superficial injections applied near the tooth (or teeth) to be treated. Anesthetizing(numbing) lower molars can be more difficult, due mainly to the depth of the injection required to put the inferior alveolar nerve (supplying sensation to all of the lower teeth) to sleep. Also, a certain percentage of people will have accessory ("extra") innervation to lower molars, typically from the floor of the mouth, and may not be completely anesthetized by an inferior alveolar nerve block. Chances are, if you've had difficulty "getting numb", it was probably on a lower molar.
I can't speak much from personal experience as I've only had a couple upper teeth extracted--which was completely painless. However, my answer should explain the logic behind why your dentist is making this claim. Good luck hon! :)
10 years dental experience