I'm about to give myself a root canal/filling. I have no dental training. But the pain is more than I can bare.
Ask me anything.
I'm scared guys.
If you’re not sure what the difference is between a root canal and a dental filling, I can’t imagine this possibly ending well.
They are not implying they are the same procedure. But after a root canal, you can't just leave it open. It needs to be filled. So while you're trying to be snarky, it actually comes across as you bring the one who doesn't know what they're talking about.
Last year I had to do a root canal. The anesthesia did not took effect in my tooth and the dentist said that she could not apply more anesthesia cause I already had took an amount equivalent to 5 persons. It was agonizing.
Thats sounds traumatic, holy shit.
Yeah... It was painful as shit. But once she reached my root and applied anesthesia directly to the root, my pain was gone. But yes, it was f painful and traumatic
Wow that sounds brutal. I've had two and a few teeth removed, but the anesthesia has always completely numbed the area. I can't imagine being able to feel that.
Oh, man... It was... Don't try a root canal without anesthesia...
I guess that happened because my tooth had an inflammation that prevented the anesthesia to take effect
Happened to me as well. Tooth got infected so bad that OTC painkillers did not work anymore. The anesthesia made the painful area smaller, but could not eliminate it entirely due to the acidity of the infection. Still, it was much better than the pain from the infected tooth.
Go to the dentist folks. And if you are afraid of them, like I was, find a very kind one and get help before the pain forces you to get over the fear.
Also had mine all as a result of infected teeth. Ditto this comment. Very fortunate to be in a place now that I can cover the costs of regular cleanings and check ups.
Do you smoke weed by any chance? There's a cross-tolerance between cannabinoids and local anesthetics.
No weeds. It's only inflamation, that also inhibit the effect of anesthesia
I got a pretty bad infection on my thumb years ago from biting my nails. Doctor had to remove a chunk of infected tissue/pus or whatever it was using a scalpel. He tried 3 times to do local anesthesia, didn't work, so finally he said he just needed to get it done. It was the most agonizing thing I've ever experienced.
Do you still bite your nails after that? Not judging, genuinely curious.
I still did for a while after that, though I think I tried to be a lot more careful. A couple years ago I started to wear clear teeth aligners to straighten my teeth, and I couldn't really bite my nails while wearing them. Since I had to wear them 24/7 for 6 months I ended up losing my nail biting habit entirely.
I'm glad you got to a point where you stopped (and good for you for looking after yourself and straightening your teeth). It's wild that the habit pathways we build in our brain are so ingrained that even after such an unpleasant consequence we keep going, even without a chemical dependency.
From biting your nails??? No judgement, just curious if you mean the skins around and under your nails, or just literally biting them short... for reasons
By any chance, are you a redhead?
No. Regular dark hair
I had something similar but they just knocked me out for the rest of the procedure.
Woah, filling cavities with the help of a soldering iron. Nggggg no no no
I think that's a rotary tool. Like a Dremel
I bestow upon thee the sentation of a tooth shattering in its socket
Yikes. I thought that looked like a soldering iron, but I really hoped I was wrong. Damn.
Anybody else noticed there's is no green text to read at all?
My advice: Move to EU
Or go to Mexico, got to TJ for a root canal for a third the price and get $75 hookers that you pick from the strippers in the club below the hour rate hotel. You can get a root canal, 4 hookers, a hotel for a few days, and a round trip ticket for the prices of one root canal in the US.
Hooray, sex tourism.
Cluster headache.
"I'm not going to do anything CRAZY with it, but that drill motor is probably really soothing right now..."
> Cluster headache
> "Time to try trepanning myself"
Man I've been there. If it wasn't for being able to buy fishflex (Cefalexin) and/or fishmox (Amoxicillin) from the pet store, I would have probably done something similar.
Good luck dude, I pulled my own tooth one time and it is not something I would like to do again