Sorry to hear the bad news Rich.

Good news here regarding my tooth extraction. I had been putting it off for years, it was a impacted wisdom tooth my previous dentist had been telling me for years I needed to get pulled it was bad was gonna require surgery, $$$$$, yada yada yada...... I switched dentists about 3 years ago and this (new) dentist told me that when it began to hurt, get it pulled then.
He pulled it this morning, no surgery just numbed it, cut it in half and pulled it.....$160.00 and I'm outta there. I don't hurt either.

I'd highly recommend him to anyone in the Lansing area.