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auroradare
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I'm getting my first ever root canal tomorrow and I'm extremely nervous! It's on my bottom molar. I had a temp filling put in after he drilled the decay out a few months ago and he said if it still continued to hurt I'd need a root canal instead of a filling. I went back last week, and my new dentist said that there was still some decay and that it wasn't bad at all. It was just a little tiny bit over the point between a filling and a root canal. He said that he could do a root canal now or put a filling in it, but it would need a root canal in the near future. I opted for a root canal since I'd much rather go right ahead and get it over with.
It's already drilled down, so about how long will it take? Do root canals really hurt because I've heard complete horror stories on how people can't get numb or anything. My tooth is still alive and I don't have any swelling or abscess, and another fear of mine is having things like the damn in my mouth, and being able to feel them digging around in my roots, even if I'm not in pain. Alot of people have told me it fills like a filling being put in and I really hope this is true. Is it? And what exactly do you feel as they're doing it? Thanks so much, I'm an absolute nervous wreck.
It's already drilled down, so about how long will it take? Do root canals really hurt because I've heard complete horror stories on how people can't get numb or anything. My tooth is still alive and I don't have any swelling or abscess, and another fear of mine is having things like the damn in my mouth, and being able to feel them digging around in my roots, even if I'm not in pain. Alot of people have told me it fills like a filling being put in and I really hope this is true. Is it? And what exactly do you feel as they're doing it? Thanks so much, I'm an absolute nervous wreck.