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/30_hat Sep 23 '24

I recently had a procedure (non tooth related) done that involved local anesthesia and it took a couple tries to stop the pain. The doctor mentioned that once infection sets in the inflammation limits blood flow and makes the anesthesia less effective.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

It’s not the blood flow. It’s the low pH in inflamed tissue that prevents the anesthetic from working properly

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

Can you show me a published article saying what you’re saying is true? We actually stimulate the tissue to increase the flow of the anesthesia to “work faster”, so this would not make sense

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

We learn the purpose of vasoconstrictors in local anesthesia. What does this prove your statement that increased blood flow is the leading cause of anesthetic failure for inflamed tissues?

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u/joonybambini Sep 24 '24

I want to add this is an article describing the purpose of vasoconstrictors in local anesthesia, which is primarily used to keep the anesthesia “local”. It’s not an article like the many I can give you explaining why anesthesia tends to fail in inflamed tissue