Usually quick and easy for a competent surgeon.  You should have no
pain during the procedure and minor pain and swelling afterwards, which
should be controlled by appropriate pain medications and ice packs.

Steve

Hmm. A typical extraction goes like this.

You arrive at the office, and stand for about ten minutes next to
a sliding glass window. After awhile, the receptionist gets off
the phone, and slides the glass open. You tell her your name. She
hands you a clip board, with three sheets of badly photo copied
forms. Asks you to fill them out.

You retreat to a seat in the waiting room, and find the chair is
too narrow for your butt. You try to neatly fill out the form,
but it's nearly impossible to balance the clip board on your
knee. Finally you get down and lay on your face on the floor to
fill out the form. The recpetionist doesn't notice the man laying
on the floor.

You return to the window, and stand in front of the window. She
opens the window, and takes the clip board, and tells you "have a
seat".

About twenty minutes later, someone opens a door, and mumbles
your name. This is the hygenist. Be nice to her. She can make
your life better, or miserable. Depending on which tool she hands
the dentist.

You get seated in the dental chair, and the dentist says open
wide. He is busy swabbing pain killer on your gums, and asking
you questions. Of course, you can't answer cause your mouth is
twisted out of shape by having a swab worked around in your
cheek.

After about two minutes, the hygenist hands the doctor a
stainless metal thing with a needle about six inches long. The
doctor smiles, and asks you to open wide. You are barely aware of
the needle going in. He hands the device back to the hygenist,
and then puts in two more syringes of liquid.

About three minutes later, the dentist will pick up a shiny,
sharp object and prick your gum.  He'll ask if you can feel that.
Of course you can, but it won't hurt.

He will then take a metal insturment and push your tooth to one
side, and then the other. Back and forth several times. He'll
then take a pair of medical pliers, and pull the tooth out.
You'll have to hold your head steady, and your neck muscles will
get very slightly sore.

The dentist will then dash out of the room, and leave you
wondering what happened. Eventually, the hygenist will take off
your bib, and answer your mumbled questions.

You walk out of the room, and the hygenist gives you a
prescription for antibiotics, and one for pain pills. You go
stand in front of the glass for ten minutes, and then pay the
receptionist.

Go to the nearest pharmacy, and get the pills. Take one of each
while your face is still numb. You want the pain pill to be in
your blood while the shot wears off. Take the antibiotic as
described on the label.

If you're still bleeding an hour or so later, gently squeeze down
your tooth socket on a tea bag. that helps stop bleeding.