Undergoing a root canal in 45 minutes

[ThePresence]

I'm dreading it...

 

[Shelly21]

Send me your painkillers.

 

[maddogchen]

they gonna knock you out? good luck

 

[Dedpuhl]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
they gonna knock you out? good luck

That's the only way I could EVER have one done. ...that or laughing gas....

 

[Ogg]

You dont need no stinking luck.........:shocked:

You need drugs

 

[Azraele]

Good luck.

 

[gistech1978]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
I'm dreading it...

cant blame ya there.
godspeed.

 

[Konigin]

Good luck, have fun.

 

[ThePresence]

I still have all my Perco's left over from when I got my wisdom teeth pulled.

 

[DT4K]

They are not nearly as bad as people think.
Mine was just with a shot of novacaine.
Just a little soreness for a day.
They gave me a prescription for something, but I just took some advil and it was fine.

 

[Vic]

No reason to get knocked out for a root canal. It's not that they're terribly painful so much as just terribly uncomfortable and tedious.

 

[PCMarine]

Haha, my Econonmics teachers offered this class clown 100 points of extra credit if he endured his root canal without anesthesia...

Which is probably illegal or something.

 

[Dufusyte]

Root canals cause disease because bacteria grows in the dead tooth.

You should just have the tooth pulled instead.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: Dufusyte
Root canals cause disease because bacteria grows in the dead tooth.

You should just have the tooth pulled instead.

I was going to get one, but the dentist took a second look and decided that the root canal wouldn't help my swelling, so he pulled the tooth. Saved me a lot of pain and money.

Now I got to get an implant. hopefully it is covered by my "medical" insurance since I need to see a dental surgeon for this.

 

[mdcrab]

Actually 45 minutes is pretty fast for a root canal.

Good luck, you have a real speed demon of a dentist.

mdcrab

 

[z0mb13]

what is a root canal?

is it like drilling into gums??

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
what is a root canal?

is it like drilling into gums??

No its drilling the nerve out. It isnt bad at all.

 

[z0mb13]

how is it compared to getting a wisdom tooth pulled out?

I did the wisdom tooth thing twice

 

Originally posted by: z0mb13
how is it compared to getting a wisdom tooth pulled out?

I did the wisdom tooth thing twice

Wisdom teeth are way worse.

I've had both, several root canals actually. My teeth are 'soft' and several cracked 2 happened in my sleep and I don't even grind my teeth. 3 root canals, and one I need to go in and get done. Couple hours in a chair, couple days of mild soreness. The sensitivity of the decaying tooth is way worse than the post-root canal pain.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: mdcrab
Actually 45 minutes is pretty fast for a root canal.

Good luck, you have a real speed demon of a dentist.

mdcrab

????????????????????????

I was going to get the job done 45 minutes after I posted the thread.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Vote4Bush04

Originally posted by: z0mb13
how is it compared to getting a wisdom tooth pulled out?

I did the wisdom tooth thing twice

Wisdom teeth are way worse.

I've had both, several root canals actually. My teeth are 'soft' and several cracked 2 happened in my sleep and I don't even grind my teeth. 3 root canals, and one I need to go in and get done. Couple hours in a chair, couple days of mild soreness. The sensitivity of the decaying tooth is way worse than the post-root canal pain.

I had all 4 wisdom teeth out while I was awake. That was 1000x worse.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Vote4Bush04

Originally posted by: z0mb13
how is it compared to getting a wisdom tooth pulled out?

I did the wisdom tooth thing twice

Wisdom teeth are way worse.

I've had both, several root canals actually. My teeth are 'soft' and several cracked 2 happened in my sleep and I don't even grind my teeth. 3 root canals, and one I need to go in and get done. Couple hours in a chair, couple days of mild soreness. The sensitivity of the decaying tooth is way worse than the post-root canal pain.

I had all 4 wisdom teeth out while I was awake. That was 1000x worse.

Seriously? I've always been under the impression that root canals hurt way worse. I had my wisdom teeth out 5 years ago, and I made sure they put me under for that. It wasn't so bad, and the Dr. gave percoset for the pain.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Dufusyte
Root canals cause disease because bacteria grows in the dead tooth.

You should just have the tooth pulled instead.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Properly done, a root canal with a post and crown is completely safe and is a MUCH better alternative that a freakin' gap in your mouth.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Vote4Bush04

Originally posted by: z0mb13
how is it compared to getting a wisdom tooth pulled out?

I did the wisdom tooth thing twice

Wisdom teeth are way worse.

I've had both, several root canals actually. My teeth are 'soft' and several cracked 2 happened in my sleep and I don't even grind my teeth. 3 root canals, and one I need to go in and get done. Couple hours in a chair, couple days of mild soreness. The sensitivity of the decaying tooth is way worse than the post-root canal pain.

I had all 4 wisdom teeth out while I was awake. That was 1000x worse.

Seriously? I've always been under the impression that root canals hurt way worse. I had my wisdom teeth out 5 years ago, and I made sure they put me under for that. It wasn't so bad, and the Dr. gave percoset for the pain.

I still got my bottle of percos from when I had my teeth out. Didn't use any.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Dufusyte
Root canals cause disease because bacteria grows in the dead tooth.

You should just have the tooth pulled instead.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Properly done, a root canal with a post and crown is completely safe and is a MUCH better alternative that a freakin' gap in your mouth.

Much cheaper to just have it yanked!