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Can I please have coal instead? No matter how bad I have been, I don't deserve a root canal 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Just think how good you'll feel when it's all behind you.
/ravi
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Thanks, but I actually feel fine. The tooth tingles once in a while, that's all. I was surprised when the dentist said I need a root canal. Tomorrow. He is going on vacation and needs a little extra cash. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Thanks Mike. I had it done about an hour ago and it really was not that big of a deal.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Good to hear...it's always best when it's over! 
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I had a major mouth injury when I was younger that resulted in a few root canals over the years, and the only ones I had that ever really hurt were on my front teeth. The other ones really aren't as bad as people make them out to be.
Good luck though!
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Then you should be happy to pay the dentists vacation. If you're having an exposed nerve you'd better hope it's not inflamed. that's when it really hurts afterwards.
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Why would they do the root canal if it's not inflamed? I don't really know anything except for (a little bit of) Googling yesterday, but I thought they just did it when it is inflamed.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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If it isn't inflamed already it will be.
And there is no repair option AFAIK that can be in direct contact with the nerve without problems. But development is fast also in this area, so I might of course be wrong.
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With a hole in the side as well it soon would be. Having been a fellow victim they can go from an irritation to ache to inflamed in very short order. A few years ago I boarded a plane in HK to head home to NZ, dozed off and woke about an hour later with a bit of an ache in a molar. 13 hours later in Auckland it felt like some b*****d was jamming a red hot needle through the tooth and jaw and into my brain accompanied by screeching violins. Inflamed does not really describe it. Not something I would recommend. I have never been so glad to have a dentist plunge one of those big f**k-off needles they use into my mouth and then drill the crap out of a tooth. Since then I've had two other root canals which were caught and dealt with early and were pretty much pain free, then last year I had another screamer.
You are one of the lucky ones this time!
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I believe you. I went to the dentist because I figured it probably wouldn't heal itself  . I have heard about toothaches setting in quickly, but what you are talking about is just scary quick.
I have an old filling in one of my molars that I need replaced next. I felt a pain a couple of weeks ago when I was eating chips - that stuff filled up the inside of the molar and when I bit down, it gave me quite a jolt. I haven't felt anything before or since, so I think I can drag it a little longer.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I had to have one ten or so years ago, because the filling was so deep that any hot or cold food was very painful. Alternative was to have an extraction. It wasn't too bad - awkward rather than painful - and it kept the tooth, which is still there now.
It may depend on the dentist, but it wasn't a problem while it was being done, except for jaw ache from hold my mouth open for so long!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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I wonder how the dentist is going to do it with my tooth. There is no cavity or filling to enter through from the top. The problem is the gums have receded, but I don't know if he can go in from the side and get the job done. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I treasure my ignorance of the arts of orthodontics, and remembering "Marathon Man" I am not inclined to research the subject! 
Hope it goes well, but for me at least it was no problem, and the relief was immediate and permanent.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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OriginalGriff wrote: remembering "Marathon Man"
Thanks a lot, now I remember that too.  But Dustin Hoffman wins in the end (as I recall), so maybe there is hope.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Perhaps this will help: Beautiful day[^] (SFW)
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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No luck there. They're going in from the top, and clean out the roots with tiny files.
And if you're having a hole in the side aswell I'm willing to bet on that you will need a dental crown. (done that)
You have my sympathies.
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You are right, he went in from the top. He finished up an hour ago and there really was not a lot of pain. The anesthesia has almost worn off and I am still pain free. 
In two weeks I have to go back in to get a permanent seal put over the hole on the side.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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No pain and, from what i interpret, no crown.
In all the bad luck you're a lucky bastard. 
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Hmmm...thank you (I think).
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I had the procedure done about an hour ago. Like you said, I only have a bit of an ache in the jaw from keeping my mouth open. Other than that, it really wasn't bad at all.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I am really glad to hear that!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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SoMad wrote: Can I please have coal instead? No matter how bad I have been, I don't deserve a root canal 
Ensure you have an Endodontist performing the procedure and not your local dentist. If it is your dentist it would be like having your GP performing a knee reconstruction.
Michael Martin
Australia
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- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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