Root canal?

im scheduled to get one next sunday.. will it hurt? how bad is it ? my dentist said itll take about 10 minutes and he might do it without a shot.. im worried about that.. tell me a little about them and how bad are they ?

Root canal?
I've had nine root canals. I get novacaine and gas. I think the pain hurts more than the root canal. I've had it get into my jaw. Personally I would rather deliver a baby breech. Hopefully you're on antibiotics. Basically they take small files and ream out the root. Then they take gutta percha and put that down in the cleaned core. They put a temporary on and you go back for the crown.
Reply:i had 4. it doesnt hurt. yours doesnt seem to be deep. but just in case if ut that scared go for the shot
Reply:its too expensive for him to do it without a shot, i know that much!!





he better give you some gas or somethin, its all good if you dont feel anything,





oh, and he's gonnna be stretchin your mouth in all directions and ask you questions like you can really answer!
Reply:iv never had one but people say they hurt so if i were you id have him gimme the shot
Reply:Even though the infection is "small", your dentist will still need to go all the way to the tip of the root (through the tooth) to remove the infected pulp. Since they are digging around right in the nerve of your tooth, you WILL need a shot.





Pretty much, a root canal treatment is where the dentist drills into the tooth and scrapes out the inside of your tooth (with the drill and tiny files) to remove all of the infected pulp. Then they fill the cleaned out canals with a rubbery substance called gutta-percha. They seal off the top with a filling or crown, which is recommended because now your tooth will be weaker since it has no nerve and blood supply.
Reply:A root canal treatment is "basically" the act of taking out the contents from the center of the root, all the way to the tippy end, and then sealing the hollow space with a filling material. Many people say that they "had the root removed" from a tooth, but root canal treatment treats the CANAL in the center of the tooth.





Usually, it is required when the tissue inside the center of the tooth (ie: in the root canal) is diseased or dead. This is usually the result of an infection caused by tooth decay that has gone "all the way to the nerve." The idea here is to eliminate the infection by removing the tissue. The next goal is to smooth out the inside of the canal(s) so that a filling material can pass freely to the end of the tooth to seal it off. Once it is sealed off, it is no longer a source of infection to your body. Your natural immune system will continue to fight off any infection that may have entered the bone and eventually your body will heal. Some people need antibiotics to help in this fight, but they are not always necessary.





Any pain after the procedure is NOT from inside the tooth. It is from the swelling and infection in the bone at the end of the tooth. Taking the nerve out (or what remains of the nerve) is just done so that we can seal the end of the tooth so that the body can heal the damage in the bone. This takes a while. Root canal treatment is not a magic wand that instantly makes you feel better. It is just the first step in what will then allow your body to heal. The healing can take a while, especially if you had a good sized abscess on the tooth.





In back teeth, it is generally recommended to have a crown placed over the tooth to protect it from breaking, as teeth that have had root canal treatment tend to dry out somewhat and become more brittle and susceptible to breaking. Front teeth are often strong enough to go without a crown, but sometimes they need a crown, too.





Yeah, it can hurt, maybe 1 out of 10 times. That 1 guy where it hurts probably waited until the tooth was already really killing him before he went for treatment. I tell my patients that root canal treatments are like teenagers. 9 out of 10 are no problem at all, but you always hear about the bad ones.





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