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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:40:11 AM EST
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BS from someone that has eaten Ibuprofen like candy most of their adult life. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In the case of root canals, Opioids are very good!!!! Beg for them. My dentist is great with the numbing but getting shot after shot after shot leaves the gums hurting bad for a few days. Ibuprofen is better. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:41:03 AM EST
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I’ve done approximately 10,000 root canals over the past 35 years. It’s not that big of deal and you are going feel much better when the tooth doesn’t hurt anymore. Occasionally, they flare-up afterwards......this is pretty rare, about 2%. These flare-ups are mostly associated with dead, infected, or abscesses teeth. Not very common with a hypersensitive tooth. You are gunna be fine ! 
Mucho pain. I've had painless rootcanals, but one was that horrible throbbing pain. Once it started ramping up, I felt odd about 5pm thursday night. By 2am Friday morning it was excrutiating. Unbelievable pain before, during, and after. But it wasnt as bad once everything got handled
Months later it felt funny. Turns out it had to get redone Found a new dentist for that. 
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:41:34 AM EST
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Get the Percocet if it's offered. You'll thank me and your dentist. I've had a number of root canals over the years. Some were virtually painless (after one wisdom tooth I was eating Mexican food 6 hours later), others were visits to Hell. Get the good stuff. If you don't use it all up, put it on a shelf for a rainy day. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:42:29 AM EST
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Okay, I'm going to hold you to that. If anything goes wrong, I'm permabanning you from the TPF. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I’ve done approximately 10,000 root canals over the past 35 years. It’s not that big of deal and you are going feel much better when the tooth doesn’t hurt anymore. Occasionally, they flare-up afterwards......this is pretty rare, about 2%. These flare-ups are mostly associated with dead, infected, or abscesses teeth. Not very common with a hypersensitive tooth. You are gunna be fine ! OP, am in the exact same boat. Typing this in the waiting room. Didnt have no pain till they ground away at them, now after all that work and temporary crowns they hurt a bit chewing certain foods. Doc says no go with any pain with a crown. Root canal time! |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:44:22 AM EST
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I've heard your mouth can become sore from holding it open for the length of the procedure. The Dr that did mine used some kind of rubber wedge thing, that helped support your open mouth to prevent soreness. The only pain that I had was from the pressure created by injecting the pain medication near the abscess. That was a new level of pain for me. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:46:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol! OP, am in the exact same boat. Typing this in the waiting room. Didnt have no pain till they ground away at them, now after all that work and temporary crowns they hurt a bit chewing certain foods. Doc says no go with any pain with a crown. Root canal time! Teeth are often sore after they have been prepped for a crown. The overwhelming majority settle down on their own without any further treatment. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:47:47 AM EST
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I just had both wisdom teeth pulled and I am shaking in my boots thinking about the root canal I need. My first was a horrible experience, second I got the nitrous and all was good. I won't do another without the nitrous.
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:49:22 AM EST
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Looks like I'm getting one tomorrow morning - first time for me. After it's done, the root is gone and it should hurt anymore - aside from swelling? 
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:49:54 AM EST
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I just had both wisdom teeth pulled and I am shaking in my boots thinking about the root canal I need. My first was a horrible experience, second I got the nitrous and all was good. I won't do another without the nitrous. Extraction of wisdom teeth is a much more invasive procedure. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:52:55 AM EST
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Hopefully they don’t miss. USN dentist did my last one and didn’t get it all |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 1:45:39 AM EST
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The filing itself didn't have any real pain for me.
The only problem I had was the temporary packing material he put in. Left it in there a few days, until the crown was made. When I went back to have the crown fitted, and he pulled out that material, I thought I would pass out the pain was so bad. It only lasted about 20 seconds, but it was the longest 20 seconds of my life. I don't know if the fill material they use under the crown is the same stuff they used to use, but I think it was basically close to the rubber they made those black Colt grips out of over 100yrs. ago. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 2:50:02 AM EST
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Not necessarily. Teeth are often sore after they have been prepped for a crown. The overwhelming majority settle down on their own without any further treatment. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 2/11/2019 3:05:57 AM EST
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Just got up from the chair.
Bottom toof, lots of injections and half my mouth was numb and still needed a few extra when they hit the nerve. A bit of pain when they were scraping the bottom and sealing it up. But very bearable really. Top toof needed a lot less injections and a went a lot quicker. It's cleaned out now, and doc put a temp crown on it and will seal it up and put on the permanent crown next week. Wondering how it will be when the anesthesia wears off. Doc doesnt anticipate any pain but said I may feel a bit sore from all the injections he had to make. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 9:12:34 AM EST
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I hope you have a better experience than the one and only I had. Basically they couldn’t get me completely numb. They shot me up several times and waited what seemed like forever. I told them to do it and I squirmed and sweated in that chair. The nurse was almost in tears as she could see the pain I was in.
Finally the procedure was done! One week later it failed and I ended up having the tooth extracted. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 11:41:07 AM EST
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The two I've had done were relatively painless afterward during the day. It was a night trying to lay in bed that the severe throbbing pain would hit and make it impossible to try and sleep. After 2-3 days that subsided with each. That's where the Percocet was a godsend and would work in as little as 15 minutes of taking one.
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:16:56 PM EST
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I've had four or five, most were painless. One took about 6 months to calm down and now it's fine, it wasn't bad but I couldn't bite down on it hard.
When you do the bite down tests if you can feel anything at all the tooth is to high. I'll 3rd or 4th getting the work done at a place that can make the crown on site. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:25:35 PM EST
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@Johnny_Reno have them check for cracks in the tooth. I sat through 3 hours of torture in 3 different appointments before a specialist got all the root cleaned out. The tooth still hurt. I went back in and they said I had a crack in the tooth and it had to be pulled. FML
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Posted: 2/11/2019 12:35:20 PM EST
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Whatever you do, do not go on Netflix and watch the documentary about how bad root canals are, they pretty much claim they are the cause of all of peoples health problems!!
DOC is called Root Cause |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 7:12:25 PM EST
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Did OP survive his root canal??
Mine still hurts a bit when I eat. Not the sharp nerve pain, more like its sore from chewing a lot. Dull ache. Cant chew normally yet, I just take a pain killer before eating. I hope its just a matter of it settling down. Its only the 2nd day though. |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 7:16:37 PM EST
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Did OP survive his root canal?? Not happy with it. I'm getting ready to do that Tom Hanks/ice skate thing. |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 7:34:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: These things happen. The teeth God put in your mouth didn’t work perfectly. The root canal fill you had done in the Navy was likely completed by a mere mortal. 
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Posted: 2/13/2019 10:40:40 AM EST
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Mucho pain. I've had painless rootcanals, but one was that horrible throbbing pain. Once it started ramping up, I felt odd about 5pm thursday night. By 2am Friday morning it was excrutiating. Unbelievable pain before, during, and after. But it wasnt as bad once everything got handled
Months later it felt funny. Turns out it had to get redone Found a new dentist for that. It isn't severely sore but it has a yuge potential to get very, very bad... and it'll do it some day when it's least convenient, Murphy being the bitch he is. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 10:42:58 AM EST
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I just had both wisdom teeth pulled and I am shaking in my boots thinking about the root canal I need. My first was a horrible experience, second I got the nitrous and all was good. I won't do another without the nitrous. Give me sedation every time on that stuff! |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 10:43:59 AM EST
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Had to have my first one done about a year ago.
Severe anxiety over it for nothing. Once it was numbed up it was painless. Barely even sore afterwards. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 10:46:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: These things happen. The teeth God put in your mouth didn’t work perfectly. The root canal fill you had done in the Navy was likely completed by a mere mortal. Another example: In these days of micro surgery, where they put a tiny tube into your knee to fix the damage and you are walking 2 days later, the .mil surgeons will still cut into the knee and leave you hobbling for six weeks*. The reason is that they need to practice macro surgery to be prepared for the battlefield. * I bet that officers get a pass on this though, getting the preferred treatment. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 10:47:11 AM EST
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I had to have one redone that was done about 10 years ago. Original dentist didn’t get the very tips of the root out. It got infected and I was left with an abscessed tooth.
Talk about pain. I wanted him to drill it so he could release the pressure. Once I got the first step done I was in heaven. It’s more pain in the ass than painful. I think the initial needle in my jaw was the most painful part. Good luck you’ll be fine. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 10:51:41 AM EST
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Probably the longest and sorta painful process I've been through (I was younger so my pain tolerance probably wasn't that great). Dentist touched a nerve or something and that was painful, to which the dentist said that was the loudest scream he's ever heard. Also squirted out a stream of blood. Wasn't painful (just swollen) afterwards.
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Posted: 2/13/2019 11:07:29 AM EST
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means.
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Posted: 2/13/2019 11:18:46 AM EST
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That rubber dental wedge was aweful. For me, that was the worst part. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 11:33:09 AM EST
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I had one last year but then the tooth cracked in half so now I need it extracted and an implant done.
It was painless after they drilled the hole through and released the pus that had built up causing the pain. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 12:02:18 PM EST
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 2:54:59 PM EST
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 4:51:28 PM EST
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Would not do. Get it pulled and get implant, better for your long term health.
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Posted: 2/13/2019 5:00:43 PM EST
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. Glad to hear you're ok. The test post forum was pure chaos without you. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 5:03:17 PM EST
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I know why people went crazy back in the old days.
Had 4 done over the winter months a few years ago. Have a high tolerance for pain, so meh. Felt better than the bad teeth in my head. |
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Posted: 2/13/2019 5:48:01 PM EST
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Think of the roots of your teeth as pipes - long skinny things with a hole that runs down the middle. We go in and roto-rooter the pipes. As you get older the hole narrows and sometimes closes off completely. Usually we can still open them up, clean them out and seal them but it takes more work. Glad to hear you're ok. The test post forum was pure chaos without you. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. Glad to hear you're ok. The test post forum was pure chaos without you. |
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Posted: 2/15/2019 7:38:26 AM EST
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The anesthesia has worn off and I have to admit that I feel 100 times better. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. Glad to hear you're ok. The test post forum was pure chaos without you. I have pain biting down on food 4 days later. On both teeth. I hope my procedure didnt fail. FML
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Posted: 2/15/2019 8:12:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The anesthesia has worn off and I have to admit that I feel 100 times better. So, your saying the real dentists on this site were correct?
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Posted: 2/15/2019 8:40:12 AM EST
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Try getting your wisdom teeth removed with local instead of gas.
Wimps! 
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Posted: 2/15/2019 8:42:14 AM EST
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Never had an issue with a root canal. Had dental problems my whole life.
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Posted: 2/15/2019 9:22:32 AM EST
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Good to hear! I have pain biting down on food 4 days later. On both teeth. I hope my procedure didnt fail. FML Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. Glad to hear you're ok. The test post forum was pure chaos without you. I have pain biting down on food 4 days later. On both teeth. I hope my procedure didnt fail. FML |
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Posted: 2/15/2019 9:23:17 AM EST
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Try getting your wisdom teeth removed with local instead of gas. Wimps! Go Navy. |
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Posted: 2/15/2019 9:56:25 AM EST
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Try getting your wisdom teeth removed with local instead of gas. Wimps! Dentist was about half way through the procedure when he noticed I was white as a ghost,pouring sweat and a death grip on the chair arms. Then he says we cant stop now.
Hell,I havent even had a dentist since I was a child offer me gas although my current dentist prescribed me a couple valiums before my root canal. I get severe anxiety ever since having that first wisdom tooth cut out at 18. |
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Posted: 2/16/2019 5:41:47 AM EST
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Actually, I have the same thing. Sitting, it's fine. When I bite down on it, there's a bit of pain. I'm curious about that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just finished up. Still numb, so no final report yet. Took two hours. Doc said it was a difficult tooth. The nerve was inflamed, but not infected. Said I had calcified canals - whatever that means. Glad to hear you're ok. The test post forum was pure chaos without you. I have pain biting down on food 4 days later. On both teeth. I hope my procedure didnt fail. FML I have an appointment on Monday (post 1 week), will ask him about it. |
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Posted: 2/19/2019 12:14:09 PM EST
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Sitting in the chair now for initial evaluation. Hurts like hell. Can't wait to get this shit over with.
Edit: Turns out I need my broken tooth pulled and an implant. Problem is that I don't have enough bone for the implant so they are going to do a procedure to grow more bone. This whole thing is going to take up to a year to finish. Fuck. My. Life.
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