History Main / DIYDentistry

* Happens in the Swedish series ''Emil i Lönneberga''. Lina has a tooth-ache, but is terrified of the thought of going to the blacksmith to have it pulled. Emil tries several antics, including trying to tie the tooth to the chimney and have Lina jump off the roof. In the end, Lina is so tired of the failures she charges off to the smith out of sheer spite.

* In ''Series/{{Jackass}} 3D'', Danger Ehren's crooked tooth is solved by the gang tying some floss to it, and tying the other half... to the tail of Bam Margera's [[CoolCar Lamborghini Murcielago]]. The pull was so severe that according to Ehren, his face bones were fractured all the way up to nearly his eye socket.

* In ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', certified RatedMForManly Ron Swanson nonchalantly yanks out a sore tooth with pliers in the middle of a meeting, prompting horrified screams from onlookers.

At a few points in time for anyone with a tooth, they'll get a loose tooth or a toothache. Children will begin to grow out their baby teeth. For adults, it could be factors such as age and how they take care of their teeth. This can lead to where TheToothHurts such as eating hard food or trying to bite things, among other things.

* ''Series/MadTV'' had a recurring sketch in the early days, spoofing infomercials, titled, "Incredible Findings". One of these was for "Home Dentist in a Box." It ends [[BloodyHilarious about how you'd expect someone removing their own tooth with pliers would end]].

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': In episode [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E03UnusualSuspects Unusual Suspects]] the Lone Gunmen meet a woman who tells them about a government conspiracy. They have a hard time believing her until she pulls out a molar and shows them a tracking device that had been put there during a dental procedure.

The practical way to end the ache is a visit to the dentist. But in factors such as that there's no dentist nearby, or that they can't afford to get a checkup, or [[DepravedDentist they're just afraid of dentists]], they resort on pulling the tooth out by themselves. A common technique in removing it is tying the tooth with a string to a door knob of an open door and then closing the door. Another method is using pliers ([[DoNotTryThisAtHome highly not recommended]]). Results may vary, but should it end up in failure, it's straight to {{the dentist|Episode}} anyway. This often occurs in a LooseToothEpisode.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tazmania}}'': When Taz has a sore tooth, the Platypus Brothers try variations. First the doorknob, then tying it to their truck, and eventually a giant rock off thrown off a precipice. Nothing works until they shoot Taz with a cannon - and they get the wrong tooth!

* Stu from ''Film/TheHangover'' is missing a tooth when they wake up from the night they can't remember. At the end, it's revealed that he pulled it out himself because the others said he couldn't do it. For extra irony points, Stu ''is'' a dentist, for all the difference it makes when yanking out a tooth with pliers at a strip club while black-out drunk.

* Literally taken UpToEleven in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPhRiaNW4UQ this video]], where one kid pulled his tooth using a remote-controlled toy rocket.

The practical way to end the ache is a visit to the dentist. But in factors such as that there's no dentist nearby, or that they can't afford to get a checkup, or [[DepravedDentist they're just afraid of dentists]], they resort on pulling the tooth out by themselves. A common technique in removing it is tying the tooth with a string to a door knob of an open door and then closing the door. Another method is using pliers ([[DoNotTryThisAtHome highly not recommended]]). Results may vary, but should it end up in failure, it's straight to {{the dentist|Episode}} anyway.

%%* Happens in the Swedish series ''Emil i Lönneberga''. At one point, the one with the loose tooth was sitting on a roof planning to jump down. %% Zero-Context Example - what happens?