1 Your dentist or oral surgeon administers local anesthesia with one or more injections near the site of each extraction. 2  Before you receive an injection, your dentist or surgeon will likely apply a substance to your gums to numb them. 3  You're awake during the tooth extraction.ptions include: 1  Local anesthesia. 2  Your dentist or oral surgeon administers local anesthesia with one or more injections near the site of each extraction. 3  Before you receive an injection, your dentist or surgeon will likely apply a substance to your gums to numb them. 4  You're awake during the tooth extraction.
British English: anecdote NOUN. An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.He was telling them an anecdote about their mother.
the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances. 2. a person or thing that survives or endures, especially an ancient custom, observance, belief, or the like. 3. Anthropology.