re: What is a root canal like?

It depends. My last root canal lasted over an hour with the dentist dancing a jig because it went perfect. I have had 4 wisdom tooth extractions. 3 where nothing. The 4th was not good. My grandmother had to come take care of me to make sure I did not swallow all the pain pills.

Had one two weeks ago. The shot in the gums to deaden before is the worst part. You can’t feel any of the drilling. My mouth was sore for two days after. They called me in pain pills but I just took ibuprofen for two days and was fine. Putting in the permanent crown was a piece of cake for follow up.

I had one and don’t remember a damn thing. No pain.

Find a dentist that will give you the gas plus a good med. (not all will- I had to go to one of the fancier ones- my regular dentist wouldn’t do it). I woke up after it was done.

I had to have someone drive me home and I slept for half a day but it was worth it.

The “c” is silent.

If you're hurting bad enough it will be blessed relief almost instantly.

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Worst part is having your mouth held all the way open by that clamp thing for a couple hours.

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This. If you are feeling pain you need to tell the dentist/endo to give you more of the numbing agent.

I personally find the grinding down of the tooth for the crown way worse.

It's nothing. Don't listen to the pussies in this thread. You will feel nothing except total numbness.

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I left and immediately went to Jersey Mike’s for a Philly.

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You chew your tongue off?

Not that bad. They drill out your tooth. Remove the roots and set in a filling then a crown.