How bad is a root canal?

[SimonBolivar 10958]

2 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I had one when I was 12 after falling on the sidewalk and breaking one of my front teeth.  It was awful.  Back then they just hit you on the head with a mallet and then used a hand drill and a pair of pliers so I'm not sure my experience is relevant.

I'm glad I wasn't raised in Tune Land

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Well that was nothing. Took 800mg of ibuprofen an hour before the appointment and couldn't even feel the needles for the anesthesia. They did have to reapply due to some feeling still in the tooth, but I had a cleaning right after that hurt more than the root canal. Have to love the same day permanent crown too that was nice. We'll see how it feels in the next few days, but they gave me an opiate prescription if I need it.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

6 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I had one when I was 12 after falling on the sidewalk and breaking one of my front teeth.  It was awful.  Back then they just hit you on the head with a mallet and then used a hand drill and a pair of pliers so I'm not sure my experience is relevant.

Ohhh I wish they'd have hit us in the head with a mallet. They beat us on our knees with a claw hammer during the procedure to..... take yer mind off of the pain of the drill in your tooths nerve cavity............ Mehhhh, You had it easy.......

[SimonBolivar 10958]

My 2019 root canal tooth is infected and will have to be seen by a specialist which of course is closed all next week. That's the way this bullshit always goes. Here's to hoping that penicillin and ibuprofen get me to January comfortably. 

 

At least my dentist did get me in on short notice today for xrays and a script before they closed for Christmas which was really cool of them.

[beer 3220]

On 2/28/2019 at 6:33 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

Ohhh I wish they'd have hit us in the head with a mallet. They beat us on our knees with a claw hammer during the procedure to..... take yer mind off of the pain of the drill in your tooths nerve cavity............ Mehhhh, You had it easy.......

Luxury. Your hammer had a claw?