• edric@lemm.ee
    15·
    6 months ago

    Root canals. The procedure has come a long way since the 90s and is relatively smooth and painless now. Obviously having a good and skillful edodontist also helps, but it’s no longer excruciating like decades ago.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      Can confirm. The pain kept me awake the night before my appointment, so I was quite tired while having my canals filled. As soon as the dentist had given me a couple of anesthetic shots, I had to struggle to stay awake. I felt nothing during the procedure, and the only pain after was in my wallet.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 months ago

      Currently having to deal with finding an endodontist that does retreats, so finding a good one in the first place is the pain.

      The procedure itself is whatever.

      But I am on Xanax when they do they, otherwise I’m not allowed inside a dentist office.