Ohmygosh!!


I just had the root canal.

My mom lied about how easy they are. It WAS as BAD as I thought it was going to be. Maybe a little bit more.

The novocaine didnt numb me up quite to the point where the dentist (and I) wanted it to be at. My ear is numb (inside) and feels weird and itches and everything else seems to be numb, but that tooth is a little flaming ball of pain. The infection wouldnt let a lot of the novocaine thru to the nerve. She gave me the total amount of novocaine allowed and it still hurt!

I'm just going to curl up into a fetal ball and cry now.

I know why I'm claustrophobic now. My childhood dentist when I was 4 or 5yrs old had put fillings in my baby teeth, and he used to use the rubber dams and he'd use the big clamp thingies to keep my mouth open...and he'd tie me down to the chair. This was probably around 35 years ago, before parents started to accompany their kids into the rooms with the dentist.

When the dentist pulled out that dental dam and was getting ready to put it on the tooth, I had an actual flashback to when I was little at the quack dentists office. I'm actually shaking, and it was all because of that stupid piece of rubber.

At least this dentist didnt tie me down. But, that rubber dam just triggered one heck of a memory for me.

Well, now at least I'm pretty sure why I'm claustrophobic. Wish that quack dentist was still alive so I could go smash all his teeth in.

ok, time to go curl up into that fetal ball in the corner and cry.

I'm sorry it was so horrible but cut Mom some slack this time, lol. I've had three and they really weren't bad. Hope you feel better soon.

I fell asleep during my root canal.

its hard to completely numb the area when its still so infected and the tissues so sensitive. My anxiety level keeps my adreneline flowing, and that pumps out the novacaine as fast as they pump it in. They can use carbocaine, or lidocaine and its longer acting.

Im glad the hard part is over. Now that the infected area has been removed, it wont hurt to finish the rest of the steps.

its all over! you did great.

I have had 2, and neither was really that bad. I have had fillings worked on that were worse. My dentist said that the problem most people run into is that they wait until the pain is already excruciating before they come to the dentist. The dentist can only do so much to numb it when the swelling and infection has already inflamed the nerve and made it extra sensitive. In my case, she caught both of them fairly early and we did the root canal before it got inflammed and overly painful.

Relax though...the hard part is over. The worst of the rest is just trying to get your bite right on the new crown.

I have to wait till the 8th to get the new crown. Unless someone calls to cancel, and they ask me to come in early.

I just wish the novocaine/lidocaine? would wear off. My jaw is no longer as numb, but my lower lip is still seriously numb. I'm hoping this is just because she gave me the maximum amount of stuff. She started around 9am, and it's 140pm now.

I hope it wears off soon. The numbness is just a lot creepy to me, because of the MS and all...I want it to wear off now!

At least my tooth doesnt hurt...yet. The muscles in my jaw are super sore because it's hard to keep your mouth wide open while they're drilling into the tooth and the nerve trying to crawl out thru your ear.