mr. furley
Footballguy
my prediction: pain
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Root Canal/Crown - I'm a 58 year old dental n00b... what can I expect? (1 Viewer)
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Probably not. I predict achiness and being told to take a couple of Tylenol if necessary.
My tooth didn't hurt at all when I told my dentist I needed a root canal. I'm not sure anyone had ever told him that before.
otb2huffing
Footballguy
oh, boy ... THIS ^
abcess tooth pain is about as ugly as it gets ... no matter what anybody's preconceived notions about root canal may be, they'll be begging for that sweet relief.
the last one i had (abcess) was so bad it impacted my ear & eye socket - face grew swollen like i had a tangerine stuck in the jawline, which happened overnight.
the throbbing, like it's gonna bust any second - the excruciating pain of any percussion - effin' unbearable.
when that needle was readied, i didn't even care about the mandibular pinch - because i knew in mere seconds i would be delivered.
the suckiest of suck, them infections
maybe take better care of them choppers, budski - ooooffffaahhh
mr. furley
Footballguy
eh, it was a Rocky joke
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Yeah, but I didn't want to scare the poor guy.
Keerock
Footballguy
It was mostly non-eventful. No pain outside of the 3 hours having my jaw opened. Residual pain this morning is minimal. Temporary crown in place... feels a little weird.
All-in-all, I wouldn't recommend it, but it wasn't completely terrible.
Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
There have been some published studies indicating increases in dental issues since Covid, including broken teeth and loss of teeth (as in teeth just falling out). Also some discussion of deteriorating gum health after SARS2 infection.
belljr
Footballguy
Outside of being covid related, I'll be honest. There'll be times where I didn't remember to brush my teeth when I was working from home for six straight months and I wasn't used to it. Got knocked out of my routine and would realize at 4: 00pm that I never brushed my teeth
I don't know if I'm an outlier, but I know many of people that everything just started f****** running together for a year or so
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otb_lifer
Footballguy
Root Canal >>> Extraction, and it ain't even close (pain/after care wise)
RCs are a snap these days - they've come a long way.
you'll be just fine
UPDATE:
upon my above posting, i were having some trouble with a lower front tooth ... cavity had erupted, and the pain was growing worse every day - i was pretty sure i could have it rooted, as it were in fine shape otherwise - dunno.
turns out the cavity led to a gum abcess, and that ratcheted the pain up to "pass the pistol, PLEASE!" level - had xrays done, was told that extraction was the sensible way to proceed (ahhh, but i'm far from that, ya know?)
pain was beyond excruciating on Thursday morn, along with 102.4 fever, so 'horned myself an emergency sit for noon that day. fine. the after care with extraction blows, seeing as how one wants to avoid dry socket- which means no smoking, alcohol, coffee, chewing for at least 3-4 days. eff that.
anyways, the oral "surgeon" (see, also: BUTCHER) squeezed me in - guess in the haste of accomodating me he decided to eschew the mandibular block anesthetic shot - ya know, the one in back of your jawline which helps facilitate easier numbing of the infected gumline/tooth.
nah, this mutha went straight into the infected gumline with the numbing pr1ck - white hot pain for an ungodly 15 or so seconds as he wriggled that hatchet around ... and i was still in pain, so, yep, he had to dig in AGAIN, and i could hear the bone percussion as he slid closer the the root on that second injection.
brutal.
i was told to rinse, and i never saw so much blood from a preliminary numbing procedure ... but the fun was just starting - he had one hell of a time prying that sumbisch out, and i still felt a bit of pain - but at that point i just wanted it over with, so i just let this demented fool yank away.
made the extraction scene in "Castaway" look like high tea with Susanna Hoffs in comparision.
after finally worming the tooth out, i was told to rinse, then had a boatload of gauze wedged up in there, to help assure proper clotting. i dabbed the wet blood off of me jacket, took all the bibs, etc off, and bolted my arse out that circus tent with nary one word to doc or staff - i was half-way home in an Uber before those dumb f**** even realized i was out the damn chair.
NEVER. AGAIN.
this morning i can finally chain smoke & guzzle java like i'm goin' to the chair
and, tbh, a visit to old Sparky woulda been a more pleasant experience than my "procedure"tl;dr - i woulda killed to have had a root canal instead.
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