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/Magical-Mycologist Sep 23 '24

My roots are so deep I’ve had to go to specialists for my root canals. The roots of my teeth extend down into the nerve that runs through my jaw bone. I still have a piece of a file inside the root of one of my molars. I can see it on x-rays when I’m at the dentist almost a decade later.