Lucky Me

[cupcakelove]

Just got back from the dentist.&nbsp; I had been having some pain in one of my teeth for the last few days.&nbsp; I was pretty sure it was a cavity.&nbsp; The pain was bareable, until this morning when I had to struggle through breakfast and lunch.&nbsp; I was starting to think maybe I had two cavities, it had been a while since I'd gotten checked up.&nbsp; Well, the dentist looks at my teeth for a minute, then taps on my tooth.&nbsp; I give a nice solid grunt from the pain (its hard to say 'that hurts' with someones hand in your mouth) and he immediately says I have a fractured tooth and I'm gonna need a root canal.&nbsp; He gave me an X-Ray just to be sure, but he said everything I'd described fit that and it kinda looked like I might have one.&nbsp; He refered me to a root canal specialist and I've got an appointment tomorrow morning.&nbsp; I've never had something like this done before, but the description of the procedure sounds fucking awful.&nbsp; I'm kinda freaking out about it.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.midtowndentalservices.com/images/root_canal.jpg" border="0" width="225" height="182" />

[angrymissy]

I'm very bad with the dentist, and when I had to get a root canal the guy could tell I was way fucking nervous.&nbsp; He sent me home with a script for a nice big fat 2mg bar of xanax.&nbsp; I took it before the root canal the next day and did not care what the hell he was doing.

[ChrisTheCop]

<p>...and Jeff had a field day with the nursing for an entire week.</p><p>Most irritating question a dentist asks with his hands muffling your mouth: &quot;Pain or Pressure?&quot;&nbsp;</p>

[crb1]

<p>I had a root canal a couple years ago, and it was actually no big deal. It was basically pain free, and it didn't take long (although it did require two visits). </p><p>Don't sweat it though. Root canals are about 1/20th as bad as everyone makes them sound. </p>

[kevcala]

<p>Root canals are in no way as bad as they used to be.&nbsp; In reality it's kind of amazing how fast the pain goes away.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cupcake, you might not want to read this part until after the root canal is finished.&nbsp; This is not normally how they go. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think I might have told this story on here once before, but I had a root canal done once on a tooth, and they missed some of the nerve.&nbsp; My tooth was killing me in a couple days so I went back.&nbsp; The dentist gave me the option of getting it fixed without the Novicane, so I said sure.&nbsp; Let me just say, that a toothache is usually a general dull feeling somewhere in the area of the problem.&nbsp; When that dentist stuck that scraper in my open tooth, she hit the direct center of the pain.&nbsp; It was excrutiating pain for a split second and then it was gone.&nbsp; It was kind of amazing to feel the exact center of a toothache.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;. . . no masochist&nbsp;</p>

[reeshy]

<p>I had a root canal about 5 years ago.....one of the most painless procedures I ever had with a dentist....as soon as he was done.....all the pain went byebye!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck to you and hope you feel better....I know you will!!!!!&nbsp;</p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>Wow Reesh, my root canal experience is way different.</p><p>I had one and it hurt like hell! every last second felt like I was getting knee'd in the sack. Then I found out from another dentist that this root canal was fucked so it had to be done again. It hurt like hell!</p><p>The damage done from the first one couldn't save the tooth. I had it pulled in August.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'd sooner have an inmate shove a broom up my ass than go through that shit again!</p>