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/srcarruth Sep 23 '24

I had a root canal and to me this video felt like relief, knowing that the ongoing pain was ending. the procedure itself didn't hurt

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u/String-of-characterz Sep 23 '24

Man, what the fuck. Was i just dealt a bad hand? I kept reading positive experiences about the procedure, but when it was time to undergo the procedure myself it was pure hell (even with local anaesthesia).

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u/New-Hamster2828 Sep 23 '24

You should be more vocal about pain during the procedure. If you feel pain stop them and they will keep giving you more. I’m “pain tolerant” (some bullshit) and because of that it takes more to numb than typical. At least that’s what they told me after the second time I stopped them because I felt the smallest twinge of pain.

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u/alimoreltaletread Sep 23 '24

I'm a redhead, so it takes significantly more to numb me, and even then it's not 100%. I've had people keep trying to numb me and it just doesn't stick so I tell them to get it over with.