my first root canal

[unbibium]

I had my first root canal this morning.

The novocaine worked great, but the smell was awful. They told me a nerve died in my tooth, but it must have taken a rat with it.

They were taking micro-measurements inside my tooth using this device that made nice, happy, rhythmic beeps. It almost sounded like a song. Too slow and long and easy-going to be a ringtone.

In two weeks, I go back for some reason, and then I have to go somewhere else and get a crown put on.

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Sometimes root canals are very painful, but the one I had, I associate mostly with the cessation of pain. Once it was over, I realized that I hadn't fully consciously registered how much the tooth hurt before.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Well, right now my tooth is more sore than it used to be. There wasn't much pain at all before I went, just an eerie swelling that I might just as easily have let slide until my next tooth cleaning. In fact, I think they missed it during my most recent tooth cleaning.

[twillis.livejournal.com]

I had a root canal performed years ago. Unfortuately, I appear to have used a quack dentist at the time. Last year it had to be redone, and the non-quack dentist found a piece of tool left behind. A sliver of metal or something.

Perhaps now is not the best time to mention that, but you already know I'm evil.

Technology is much improved, though, compared to a decade ago, and you probably have a non-quack dentist (my current dentist is still cleaning up messes the old one left).

Getting a crown put on is no big deal at all; if the root canal did not trouble you, the crown you should hardly notice.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

yes, this one was very reassuring, running an extra set of tests even though there was virtually no chance it would change the result, and that's on top of the extra X-ray they took even though I'd brought the original dentist's X-ray. They had a digital X-ray camera, too.