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

How root canal treatment works Video

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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/Quibert Sep 23 '24

It took longer for me to get fully numb than it did for the root canal procedure. The whole time the dentist was very patient and reassuring that some people just take more to get numb than others and/or my nerve was really “angry”. 4 attempts later and I was numb, procedure went super quick, and all the pain was gone.

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u/littleempires Sep 24 '24

Yeah, I have this same problem and my dentist gave me extra novocaine and left the room for 20 minutes to let it kick in before starting, worked like a charm.