Does a root canal hurt, and what is the procedure?

Question

Okay, so I'm getting my first root canal on both my bottom front teeth. They are pretty straight, according to my dentist, and she said that the two front teeth are the easiest to do. I'm not quite at ease with her reassurance and so would like to know a little bit more..PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

I have had 4 root canals done, but on molars.  It took several visits.  You get numbed up and don't feel any pain.  Only the feeling of pressure.  The only pain I had was from TMJ due to holding my mouth open so long.  I had to keep massaging my jaw.

Answer 2

it really doesn't hurt.. i have had at least 6 root canals and some on the same tooth. you just feel a lot of pressure &a little discomfort..

good luck :)

Answer 3

Be rest assured that this treatment will not hurt at least not during the process. firstly u r given an injection to num ur gum, (note that a mintlike substance is rubbed on the gum so that u won't feel pain during the injection) then a rubber like material (rubber dam) is placed on the tooth after which the nerves are taken out to make the tooth clinically dead and stop futher rottening or odor ( ie the case for which u r having the root canal therpy)its quite a long process which sometimes may take 3 visits to ur dentist. So girl go on with ur treatment it wont hurt u at all.

Answer 4

very easy: only solution with sea salt and water

Answer 5

If you look at a diagram of a tooth, in the center is a 'nerve'.  Outside of that is a material called dentin, and the outside is a hard bonelike substance called enamel.

In a root canal they drill down through the tooth into the nerve.  They use tiny little files to scrape out this root.  Then they fill the hole with an inert material, and cover the opening with a filling.  This is easier in the front teeth because there is only one root, only one nerve (back teeth have two or three roots and they have to do them all separately).  Also the front teeth, being in the front, are easier to reach!

It's not fun.  It takes a while and it's fussy work. Usually it's done by a specialist, an endodontist, who does this kind of thing all day long, so he's pretty good at it.  They give you novocaine but sometimes you can still feel it through the anesthetic.  I have had several of them and some have been worse than others.  But the technology has improved greatly in recent years.

Good luck!