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.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.
The definition of anecdotal is something that is story-like or something that is based on stories and retellings, not based on provable facts.
Definition of anecdotal. 1  1 : based on or consisting of reports or observations of usually unscientific observers anecdotal evidence health benefits that may be more anecdotal than factual. 2  2a : of, relating to, or consisting of anecdotes an anecdotal biographyb : given to or skilled in telling anecdotes anecdotic 2 my anecdotal uncle.