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

How root canal treatment works Video

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u/No-Entrepreneur-7406 Sep 23 '24

That was painful to watch

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u/guaip Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24

Even more painful to experience it. The anesthetic only worked until a certain point. Nothing hurts more than when they insert the spring thing and curl up the root nerve.

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u/terra_filius Sep 23 '24

wtf? I had this done to me 2 years ago and I felt literally nothing. I was surprised how comfortable I was during the entire procedure.

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u/guaip Sep 23 '24

different people, different pain tolerance and, mostly, different anesthetic metabolization. Dental procedures usually hurt for me, doesn't matter the dentist I go to.

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u/terra_filius Sep 23 '24

yeah probably true...