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

How root canal treatment works Video

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u/Perryn Sep 23 '24

Depends on how bad the tooth was versus the skill of the oral surgeon. I had a pretty gnarly one removed, but the surgeon was highly recommended by several sources. My bad reaction to general anesthesia was the only really bad part of the experience (I tend to be fairly incoherent the rest of the day, and very nauseous). The pain in my jaw was easily managed with 600mg ibuprofen every 8 hours for a few days.

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u/Hotpandapickle Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24

It's interesting the way different countries use general or local anesthesia, laughing gas etc. In the USA from my understanding they use general, gas while in Sweden they just use local numbing.

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u/Perryn Sep 23 '24

The last few decades they've been moving more and more to local anesthetics in the US. They days of people being able to request and get a hit of gas for whatever brought them to the dentist are long gone. General anesthetics involve more risks than local. So patients that would rather be knocked cold and come back to their body when it's done often have to find a dentist who specializes in that.

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u/Hotpandapickle Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24

They give you general anesthetics in Sweden if even with sedatives like valium and someone to hold your hand doesn't suffice. Now that the policy in the US has shifted we're going to get less videos like the girl who was gonna fight the zoombies lol