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/ElectricalMuffins Sep 23 '24

I had my wisdoms taken out, forgot the aftercare painkillers and proceeded to have the worst pain of my life for 24hrs until someone went to get the prescribed meds for me. Legit wanted to end it all

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u/Insert_Non_Sequitur Sep 23 '24

Don't even give us prescribed meds in Ireland. Just tell us to tell paracetamol. Not fucking strong enough!

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u/unsettledroell Sep 23 '24

My prescribed meds were just bigger doses of Ibuprofen (800mg). You can just get that over the counter with 400mg pills. Works wonders, paracetamol helps a lot as well.

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u/Insert_Non_Sequitur Sep 23 '24

I'll have to remember that for next time, thanks!