last night my face swelled up like a balloon and it was very painful
. so,whats the quickest and painless option and has anyone got any spare brave pills?
had tooth ache a few weeks ago,went to see dentist,he says i need a root canal or extraction as the nerve is dead.
last night my face swelled up like a balloon and it was very painful.
so,whats the quickest and painless option and has anyone got any spare brave pills?
Bottle of Vodka, a piece of string and a door handle 
(runs off and gets coat) 
Seriously, a colleague had root canel recently and said it was OK.
Root canal is a piece of p155.
Once the anaesthetic has taken effect, it's just anothet medial procedure where you lie back, close your eyes and think of warm happy places
whilst they get on with it.
You won't feel it.
I've had it done twice now and the only sensation was some painless pulling sensations.
Anyone who tells you there is pain involved, (other than the frankly trivial tiny little sensation of the jag going in) has either
a) never had it done.
or
b) has a crap dentist.
Go and get it done.
Just get it tugged out :-) you can always get a gold replacement then!
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tiny little sensation of the jag going in)
Bloody hell, a Jag going in, sounds painful to me! Barry
snakebelly - 25/4/10 at 08:10 AMbiggest problem youy will have is if the swelling is an abcess as most dentist wont then give you anathestic until it goes down, i had this a couple of years ago and after 2 days with no sleep i persuaded the dentist to pull without numbing me up, hurt like ££%$££$" for a few seconds but the relief after meant i was on a high for well over an hour before i crashed and slept for 12 hours.
ashg - 25/4/10 at 08:10 AMthink it will be coming out to be honest. a good dentist will always try to save the tooth first but if the infection has got to the surrounding tissue and jaw bone under the tooth then its never a good sign. has the dentist done a bite wing xray? usually they will show caries under the gum line
keithice - 25/4/10 at 08:11 AMquote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
quote:
tiny little sensation of the jag going in)
Bloody hell, a Jag going in, sounds painful to me! Barry
My dentist must be crap.... he always uses a syringe... mind you, he can't be all bad... he drives a replica Cobra... Keith
big_wasa - 25/4/10 at 08:24 AMI am having three pulled out, job done then.
blakep82 - 25/4/10 at 10:22 AMMates a dentist, i'm banging his nurse. Root canal. Do it
tomprescott - 25/4/10 at 10:44 AMIn the meantime you can get some peroxyl mouthwash from the supermarket, contains a local anasthetic (sp?) and should help to ease the swelling a bit.
nitram38 - 25/4/10 at 10:44 AMI've just had a wisdom removed and a root canal.
Apart from the small scratch from the needle, didn't feel a thing either time.
Paul TigerB6 - 25/4/10 at 10:58 AMquote:
Originally posted by blakep82
Mates a dentist, i'm banging his nurse.
Just need that "this thread is worthless without pictures" smiley re the nurse!!!
Dangle_kt - 25/4/10 at 11:19 AMhad root canal recently, ill be honest - it did hurt a few times when the anysthetic hadn't worked all through the three nerves. Hurt like a bitch for a few seconds as the nerve was drilled when live - quick as a flash it got more juice pumped into the nerve and then didnt feel anything else.
having your gob wide open for 45 mins isnt very pleasant though.
theconrodkid - 25/4/10 at 12:06 PMcheers for your advice peeps,and nitram...i had a wisdom removed last year,most painful WEEK of my life
omega 24 v6 - 25/4/10 at 12:27 PMquote:
Mates a dentist, i'm banging his nurse.
Ha Ha nice one Blake.
Just remeber the next time you are in the chair and her hands ar in your mouth
Ninehigh - 25/4/10 at 01:05 PMquote:
Originally posted by blakep82
Mates a dentist, i'm banging his nurse. Root canal. Do it
Sounds potentially dangerous!
scudderfish - 25/4/10 at 01:11 PMquote:
Originally posted by omega 24 v6
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Mates a dentist, i'm banging his nurse.
Ha Ha nice one Blake.
Just remeber the next time you are in the chair and her hands ar in your mouth
You're assuming the nurse is female. I think we need photos to settle the question.
welderman - 25/4/10 at 09:07 PMmy daughter is having problems with her teeth at the moment, second lot are coming through, ive extracted 2 this weekend with a pair of long nose pliers
theconrodkid - 26/4/10 at 07:11 AMwoke this morning to find i have a face the size of a small planet now...oh well see if i can get to see my local witch doctor
02GF74 - 27/4/10 at 12:53 PMquote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
woke this morning to find i have a face the size of a small planet now...
is it a big as uranus?
blakep82 - 27/4/10 at 09:39 PMquote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
quote:
Originally posted by omega 24 v6
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Mates a dentist, i'm banging his nurse.
Ha Ha nice one Blake.
Just remeber the next time you are in the chair and her hands ar in your mouth
You're assuming the nurse is female. I think we need photos to settle the question.
oi, cheeky! she's definitely female. i've checked
MikeRJ - 27/4/10 at 10:47 PMI'd never have another root canal, I would honestly rather have dentures if it came to it. Had two some years back, one was the single most agonising experience of my life and both have now fallen out. Maybe I just had a particularly crap dentist (butcher would be more it in his case), but no one I have spoken to has had a particularly good experience with root canals.
