I'm about to give myself a root canal/filling. I have no dental training. But the pain is more than I can bare.
Ask me anything.
I'm scared guys.
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Last year I had to do a root canal. The anesthesia did not took effect in my tooth and the dentist said that she could not apply more anesthesia cause I already had took an amount equivalent to 5 persons. It was agonizing.
Thats sounds traumatic, holy shit.
Yeah... It was painful as shit. But once she reached my root and applied anesthesia directly to the root, my pain was gone. But yes, it was f painful and traumatic
Wow that sounds brutal. I've had two and a few teeth removed, but the anesthesia has always completely numbed the area. I can't imagine being able to feel that.
Oh, man... It was... Don't try a root canal without anesthesia...
I guess that happened because my tooth had an inflammation that prevented the anesthesia to take effect
Happened to me as well. Tooth got infected so bad that OTC painkillers did not work anymore. The anesthesia made the painful area smaller, but could not eliminate it entirely due to the acidity of the infection. Still, it was much better than the pain from the infected tooth.
Go to the dentist folks. And if you are afraid of them, like I was, find a very kind one and get help before the pain forces you to get over the fear.
Also had mine all as a result of infected teeth. Ditto this comment. Very fortunate to be in a place now that I can cover the costs of regular cleanings and check ups.
Do you smoke weed by any chance? There's a cross-tolerance between cannabinoids and local anesthetics.
No weeds. It's only inflamation, that also inhibit the effect of anesthesia
Oh shit, thank you for telling me! Need to make sure I mention that whenever I need a filling next. I already get really anxious going to the dentist, extra pain would not be a good time
No probs, I talk from experience. I had two wisdom teeth extracted. With the first one I didn't notice anything, but by the second one the anesthetic wore off and it was hell on earth.
By any chance, are you a redhead?
No. Regular dark hair
I got a pretty bad infection on my thumb years ago from biting my nails. Doctor had to remove a chunk of infected tissue/pus or whatever it was using a scalpel. He tried 3 times to do local anesthesia, didn't work, so finally he said he just needed to get it done. It was the most agonizing thing I've ever experienced.
Do you still bite your nails after that? Not judging, genuinely curious.
I still did for a while after that, though I think I tried to be a lot more careful. A couple years ago I started to wear clear teeth aligners to straighten my teeth, and I couldn't really bite my nails while wearing them. Since I had to wear them 24/7 for 6 months I ended up losing my nail biting habit entirely.
I'm glad you got to a point where you stopped (and good for you for looking after yourself and straightening your teeth). It's wild that the habit pathways we build in our brain are so ingrained that even after such an unpleasant consequence we keep going, even without a chemical dependency.
From biting your nails??? No judgement, just curious if you mean the skins around and under your nails, or just literally biting them short... for reasons
It was the skin on the side of my thumb that folds under the nail. I used to chew through it sometimes when I had a hangnail from nail biting.
I had something similar but they just knocked me out for the rest of the procedure.
Had the exact same experience several years back. Was in there for an hour or two. They kept breaking the tooth and had to peel the gum back and drill some jaw bone from what I recall.
Things only ended up getting worse with the flu going around and I ended up bed ridden.
Then you walk out and she was bullshitting you.
Don't think so... She was kind
You can be kind and be bullshitting people.
Well, but why do I need to worry about that?
Nope, there absolutely is a limit to how much lidocaine they can give. It can put you in a coma or depress your CNS to the point you stop breathing or even stop your heart.
Sorry, I should have made myself clearer. What I am calling bs on is that she actually gave him the amount she claims. While I'm not sure of the risks of this exact drug, I would always assume there is an unsafe amount of any drug to give to someone.