I don't work in England
Although from what I hear the English system is even more dysfunctional!
Root canal treatment
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I don't work in England
Although from what I hear the English system is even more dysfunctional!
thefollen
Veteran
- Location
- Balham/Tooting Bec
Plenty of replies here so I'm sure you have a decent idea what this is like, but here's my tuppence:
Had a root canal around 7/8 years back. One of my back teeth had eroded quite drastically and it was 50/50 as to whether it could be saved.
In all honesty it wasn't that different to a regular filling- in the chair for a bit longer, a lot more drilling (which you don't feel, mainly vibrations through the jaw). Due to not being able to see your mouth you can't see the images you've possibly looked at which can look a little scary.
All-in-all it wasn't that bad. Cost around £100 I think (might be wrong, it was a good while ago).
Couldn't eat anything too solid for a few days afterwards whilst it healed, no biggie.
Experiences I guess will depend on the individual case, mine was ok though. Tooth saved and no problems :-)
Had a root canal around 7/8 years back. One of my back teeth had eroded quite drastically and it was 50/50 as to whether it could be saved.
In all honesty it wasn't that different to a regular filling- in the chair for a bit longer, a lot more drilling (which you don't feel, mainly vibrations through the jaw). Due to not being able to see your mouth you can't see the images you've possibly looked at which can look a little scary.
All-in-all it wasn't that bad. Cost around £100 I think (might be wrong, it was a good while ago).
Couldn't eat anything too solid for a few days afterwards whilst it healed, no biggie.
Experiences I guess will depend on the individual case, mine was ok though. Tooth saved and no problems :-)
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
My 2p.
Had root canal 2 years ago. My dentist had another dentist working with him temporarily who specialised in this, and she was really good. She managed to make this rather long procedure quite bearable. I almost dropped off to sleep at one point. The only real issue was the length of time it took, and my jaw ached afterwards from having my mouth open for so long. It was nowhere as bad as I feared.
Had root canal 2 years ago. My dentist had another dentist working with him temporarily who specialised in this, and she was really good. She managed to make this rather long procedure quite bearable. I almost dropped off to sleep at one point. The only real issue was the length of time it took, and my jaw ached afterwards from having my mouth open for so long. It was nowhere as bad as I feared.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
mine were most pleasant... had 5 or 6 of 'em... by far the worst thing a dentist can do to you is a scale & polish... after that, it's all easy.
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speccy1
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