some real wingdingers including doorknobs, remote controlled airplanes, 6' chains and popped clutches. Some of the methods I've heard of scare me a little because I'm afraid the tooth may come out with a little "bone-us" attached to it. Some of the stories I've heard are funny and some are ...well...I think made up. Here's my favorite way of extracting a tooth at the house.
At our house, we like to tie a loop in a piece of floss and "lasso" the loose tooth. If we can get the loop around the bulge of the tooth, we cinch the loop down into the gums, severing some of the gingival fibers attaching to the tooth. Surpisingly, we've found there's not a whole lot of discomfort associated with this. Once we've cinched it down as far as all parties are comfortable with, we use the "floss handles" to gently expand the fibers still attached to the tooth. By gently pulling one way for a minute and then another, the remaining fibers will stretch and the tooth will become quite loose. If everyone is still comfortable, we cinch down some more, severing some more of those fibers. Then we expand the remaining fibers again. We do that until the tooth comes out or for about 5 minutes, whichever comes first. If the tooth doesn't come out in five minutes, we give it a rest and hit it again the next night. Very little trauma here. As you can see, our kids get a kick out of it.