Who's had a root canal done?
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From: Burleson, Texas
Wow, after reading all this I'm happy I have good teeth. 
On a side note, wife went in today to have one extraction and a root canal today. The dentist was working on the canal and stopped. Told my wife the tooth was too bad, they pulled it too. She's going to have to have a bridge made for the missing molar on the bottom. Grand total, $0. Insurance rulz.
On a side note, wife went in today to have one extraction and a root canal today. The dentist was working on the canal and stopped. Told my wife the tooth was too bad, they pulled it too. She's going to have to have a bridge made for the missing molar on the bottom. Grand total, $0. Insurance rulz.
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From: OH-IO
You can always get a partial later on if you miss the tooth that much. In the end you'll probably end up getting it yanked anyway so why put your self thru the pain of a root canal.
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Wow, after reading all this I'm happy I have good teeth.
On a side note, wife went in today to have one extraction and a root canal today. The dentist was working on the canal and stopped. Told my wife the tooth was too bad, they pulled it too. She's going to have to have a bridge made for the missing molar on the bottom. Grand total, $0. Insurance rulz.
On a side note, wife went in today to have one extraction and a root canal today. The dentist was working on the canal and stopped. Told my wife the tooth was too bad, they pulled it too. She's going to have to have a bridge made for the missing molar on the bottom. Grand total, $0. Insurance rulz.
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From: N.E. Ohio
My wife's going to think I'm off my rocker when I tell her that some of guys on f150online have convinced me to have it yanked instead.
As of right now, I'm seriously considering it.
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From: Canada
You all have just reinforced my unwillingness to go to the dentist.
I have many stories of why I don't go. For 'cheese' sakes, I'd rather bust out my own tooth with a rock like a caveman then go lay in a dentists chair.
I have many stories of why I don't go. For 'cheese' sakes, I'd rather bust out my own tooth with a rock like a caveman then go lay in a dentists chair.
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From: Blue Ridge Mountains, GA
Worst thing about a root canal is the cost if you don't have insurance. Last I heard they're from 600-1200 bucks. I've had one and its not much worse than a filling, just takes a little longer. Then again, I don't have a fear of the dentist chair either. 
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From: Columbia Station, Ohio
I had one done, and the endodontis gave me so much novocaine that the entire left side ofmy face was numb. Didn't hurt at all, some pressure, but no pain---that is, until the novocaine wore off. Then I was not really in pain, but some discomfort for about a week. Seriously, though, I was so numb from the root canal that I was drooling on the way home.
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I was never fully numb.... they drill a hole in tooth, shot it up with more **** that didnt work, then they take assorted barbs and run it in and out in and out for about 45 mins ripping the nerve out... very painful, ****ing a.....
i want to get all my teeth pulled and have all titanium put in place.. **** teeth
i want to get all my teeth pulled and have all titanium put in place.. **** teeth
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From: Columbia Station, Ohio
The one that I had on one of the top left molars had to be really deep. When I get a bad head cold, as I have now, it feels like the tooth is under some type of presure---not really pain, but achy.
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