Photo Credit: On Pexels. CC0 License. Dental extractions are among the easiest and best ways to get relief from a toothache. As the name implies, an extraction involves removing the tooth. If your pulp has died or the tooth has become severely infected, extraction may be your only route. Depending on the tooth, the dentist can do either a simple extraction or a more complicated extraction. Simple extractions These types of extractions, the simple extractions, are the most common in…