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I'm not a dentist, but I've had a similar experience.
I cracked a tooth, and apparently the crack was too deep for a root canal / crown.
My choices were to wait two weeks for an appointment to extract with a local anesthetic, or wait six weeks for an appointment for a sedated removal. I wanted that sucker out that afternoon, but such is the state of the local oral surgeon availability. I got the local, the roots of the tooth were curled around pretty good, so the doctor cut the tooth into a couple of pieces and pulled each with one or two roots. I don't remember exactly. They gave me headphones and I concentrated on the music, not what was going on in my mouth.
Bonus. Didn't have to get wheeled out in a wheelchair, and I was allowed to drive myself home.
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