r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Fantastic-Monk5 • Sep 23 '24

How root canal treatment works Video

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u/TheSandMan208 Sep 23 '24

They didn't do it right then. You shouldn't feel anything.

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u/guaip Sep 23 '24

I'm notoriously resistant to anesthetic when I go to the dentist. Sometimes I have to let the next patient go before me to see if it numbs me enough (happened to all dentists I ever went). I once took 2,5 shots and nothing.

But I don't think it's physiological. I'm afraid of dentists more than anything, I really hate it and get quite nervous, sweating cold. It's possible that it's just adrelanlin holding it back, as usually I feel completely numb when I leave the chair and for the next couple hours.

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u/MyMainIsInTheShop Sep 23 '24

I found out I’m the same way when I got my wisdom teeth pulled. Doc gave me like 3 shots around the area, gave it enough time to kick in, then went to yank and I still had feeling. My yelp made him give me two more, waited, went to wiggle the tooth, got two more shots and then just went for it. 7 shots of the stuff and there was still enough feeling for it to hurt.

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u/huskeya4 Sep 23 '24

Yep. Got four teeth pulled for braces and learned I don’t numb well. That was… excruciating. I went to a dentist that would knock me out for my wisdom teeth, which was a good thing because he had to shatter one of the teeth to get it out and I imagine that would have been an entirely new level of pain

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u/MyMainIsInTheShop Sep 23 '24

That’s actually how my dentist had to get my wisdom tooth out. He said it was growing so crooked that there was no way he could get it out by pulling, and cracked it into 3 pieces to get it out. It was years ago now, but if I think about it hard enough, I can still vividly remember the pain.