Do route canals hurt as bad as they say?

[RunKC]

Just found out I have a ****ing cavity. I've never had one before and my gf is trying to tell me they hurt like a bitch when they fix it (I think she's agging me on).

Any advice? Laughing gas or just take the needle to numb the pain?

Oh, I hate going to the dentist too. That really can't help.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

I just had one two weeks ago. My second. Tell the Dentist not to give you that shot for numbing the tooth ,it causes cancer.

Novacaine causes cancer?

[farmerchief]

YES! Still dealing with one that was "started" 30 days ago, could be the older dentist that should have retired years ago!

[theelusiveeightrop]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Novacaine causes cancer?

Yes. And impotence.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by lostcause

Route canals can be dealt with, Routt canals cost almost 10 million bucks and leave you without a starting corner.

[Hog Farmer]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Novacaine causes cancer?

Yep. If you don't believe it ask anybody with cancer if they've ever had a shot of novocaine.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Yep. If you don't believe it ask anybody with cancer if they've ever had a shot of novocaine.

[ct]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Jesus...

It's a cavity, not a root canal.

The dentist is going to drill and fill for three minutes and be done with it.

Quit being a ****ing pussy.

I had all four wisdom teeth out at once, threw the Motrin the Army dentist gave me in the trash and went out for steak and vodka that night.

Are you serious? A single ****ing cavity? And it's depositing sand granules in your vag?

this

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by UK_Chief

No more painful than watching the Chiefs...

Truth.

[Bwana]

Only if this guy does it.

[tooge]

First off, we don't use Novocaine. Haven't used that since the early 1980's. We now use Articaine which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 times as potent as an anesthetic as Novocaine. I've probably performed over 2000 root canals in my 20 years of practice, and have had maybe 10 people that had trouble getting numb. Those people were all severely abscessed (swollen) when we did it as well. Root canals are easy as pie, just let the dentist know that you'd rather be number than not. You may be numb for 5 hours, but you wont feel shit.

[luv]

Originally Posted by tooge

First off, we don't use Novocaine. Haven't used that since the early 1980's. We now use Articaine which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 times as potent as an anesthetic as Novocaine. I've probably performed over 2000 root canals in my 20 years of practice, and have had maybe 10 people that had trouble getting numb. Those people were all severely abscessed (swollen) when we did it as well. Root canals are easy as pie, just let the dentist know that you'd rather be number than not. You may be numb for 5 hours, but you wont feel shit.

I've had two, and this is pretty much my story. And, even though you won't feel shit for a few hours after you're done, follow the dentist's orders and go ahead and take some Advil before the numbness wears off.

[Dave Lane]

ROOT canals aren't that bad but only had one. And 3 cavities for that matter.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by tooge

First off, we don't use Novocaine. Haven't used that since the early 1980's. We now use Articaine which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 times as potent as an anesthetic as Novocaine. I've probably performed over 2000 root canals in my 20 years of practice, and have had maybe 10 people that had trouble getting numb. Those people were all severely abscessed (swollen) when we did it as well. Root canals are easy as pie, just let the dentist know that you'd rather be number than not. You may be numb for 5 hours, but you wont feel shit.

My last one I had to had a "tap" in my jawbone, below the tooth. But the procedure itself was simple and painless.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

ROOT canals aren't that bad but only had one. And 3 cavities for that matter.

OK, that's nice but he asked about a ROUTE canal (whatever the F that is).

[theelusiveeightrop]

Originally Posted by tooge

First off, we don't use Novocaine. Haven't used that since the early 1980's. We now use Articaine which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 times as potent as an anesthetic as Novocaine. I've probably performed over 2000 root canals in my 20 years of practice, and have had maybe 10 people that had trouble getting numb. Those people were all severely abscessed (swollen) when we did it as well. Root canals are easy as pie, just let the dentist know that you'd rather be number than not. You may be numb for 5 hours, but you wont feel shit.

UMKC 1991 here.