11.   As more veterinarians become skilled in dental procedures, root canals, orthodontics and tooth reconstruction are becoming alternatives to merely pulling teeth.

12.   -- Why did the maharishi refuse novocaine when he had his tooth pulled?

13.   A grinning skeleton dentist pulls teeth from a patient.

14.   A lot has changed since the era of metal bands, pliers and pulled teeth.

15.   After all, the season began for Szoke like pulling teeth, and ended with his team cleaning up.

16.   After having the tooth pulled, he developed a sinus infection and was placed on antibiotics.

17.   Finding that money has been like pulling teeth, they say, in part because vaccine research dollars typically are targeted at life-threatening diseases.

18.   He gets the tooth pulled.

19.   He had two teeth pulled.

20.   He pulled out teeth.