anyone had a root canal done before?

[CarolinaNCSU]

Root canals are easy.

 

 

Get a tooth implant (to one of your front teeth) to know real hell. Well, dentistry hell. 

[PhillyB]

Root canals are easy.

 

 

Get a tooth implant (to one of your front teeth) to know real hell. Well, dentistry hell. 

 

when i was 13 i got my front tooth knocked out playing street hockey. they had to grind the remaining shard down to a nub, destroy all the nerves, and then glue a crown in on top of it. absolute misery. it worked great though until it fell out in thailand a decade later

[CarolinaNCSU]

when i was 13 i got my front tooth knocked out playing street hockey. they had to grind the remaining shard down to a nub, destroy all the nerves, and then glue a crown in on top of it. absolute misery. it worked great though until it fell out in thailand a decade later

 

Quick rundown of the hell I've had on one tooth...

 

Chipped on a urinal (!) during a 4th grade fight in the bathroom

Hit some kid in the head during an 8th grade basketball game...root canal was a result

More chips, but finally exploded a couple years back. It shattered to the "root" or whatever was left and I was only chewing gum.

Crown on it, which I screwed up making a fort when a mattress I was picking up hit my chin.

And now, getting an implant done that's involved rods being shoved into my gums/jaw, and for me to wear a denture retainer for the passed four months. It's a real hit with kids and on dates. Oh yeah, the "happy pill" they gave me before the surgery didn't work, so much of the initial work was done with me fighting some pain the numbing medicine couldn't completely help.

 

Essentially, the dentists in Asheboro/Greensboro know me by name and love me. 

[PhillyB]

geezus.

[davos]

I've been on a rotting canal before.  Covert Panama projects.  Damn rocketlauncher sumbitches 

[Davidson Deac II]

I had one over the summer.  It didn't really hurt that bad.  Of course, I had a tooth pulled in the 80's while I was in the Navy, so pain is relative to me.  :)

 

The biggest pain is the pain in the wallet once you get the bill.  I think I spent about 3-4 hundred even though I have dental insurance. 

[Chimera]

I had an awkward experience at the dentist today. It was a routine check up and cleaning.

When I first got there, a cute assistant took me back to the xray room. She put the plastic thing in my mouth, took the picture then pulled the plastic thing out of my mouth. I don't know what happened, but as soon as she touched it, I gagged.

When I gagged, it got awkward. I doubt she meant for what she said next to sound like it did, but it did...

I'm paraphrasing here, bit she said something like "oh! That happens. Just remember to relax your tongue and breathe through your nose. I'm a gagger too and I had to practice a lot to get over it"

What the actual fug? Did she want me to kiss her forehead or something?

[CarolinaAllDay]

Ive had 4 done, and 3 were done in one sitting.

The most uncomfortable part is after the novacaine runs out and your getting used to your new teeth. I tasted plastic/porcelin for DAYS. You shouldnt feel any pain since they are killing the root and nerves but I still have some sensitivity in my 3 that were done. I think its because they are in a row and im still getting used to it(a year later)

[Chaos]

I have two crowns, that's like straight royalty bitches!

 

Seriously, the procedures are a bit uncomfortable, but to be fair I hate the dentist more than just about anything else on earth.  Where I had the most discomfort was in the days after.  I guess your bite pattern has to readjust to the new tooth surface, plus I'm a grinder in my sleep, and I had awful jaw aches and headaches for a week or more.  I had to go back once or twice to have minor adjustments done to the crown to line up better with the tooth above it.

[Darth Biscuit]

I had an awkward experience at the dentist today. It was a routine check up and cleaning.

When I first got there, a cute assistant took me back to the xray room. She put the plastic thing in my mouth, took the picture then pulled the plastic thing out of my mouth. I don't know what happened, but as soon as she touched it, I gagged.

When I gagged, it got awkward. I doubt she meant for what she said next to sound like it did, but it did...

I'm paraphrasing here, bit she said something like "oh! That happens. Just remember to relax your tongue and breathe through your nose. I'm a gagger too and I had to practice a lot to get over it"

What the actual fug? Did she want me to kiss her forehead or something?

 

Sounds like an invitation to me.