Root canal

I am having one done at the moment, the first session was not THAT bad, as long as they give you the anesthetic in the right places etc you cannot feel it..
The worst part so far has been the 24hrs after the injections have worn off due to the jaw being open so long, the needle points in the gum and the pressure of the metal band around the tooth on the gum

I am having one done at the moment, the first session was not THAT bad, as long as they give you the anesthetic in the right places etc you cannot feel it..
The worst part so far has been the 24hrs after the injections have worn off due to the jaw being open so long, the needle points in the gum and the pressure of the metal band around the tooth on the gum

I am having one done at the moment, the first session was not THAT bad, as long as they give you the anesthetic in the right places etc you cannot feel it..
The worst part so far has been the 24hrs after the injections have worn off due to the jaw being open so long, the needle points in the gum and the pressure of the metal band around the tooth on the gum

I am having one done at the moment, the first session was not THAT bad, as long as they give you the anesthetic in the right places etc you cannot feel it..
The worst part so far has been the 24hrs after the injections have worn off due to the jaw being open so long, the needle points in the gum and the pressure of the metal band around the tooth on the gum

I am having one done at the moment, the first session was not THAT bad, as long as they give you the anesthetic in the right places etc you cannot feel it..
The worst part so far has been the 24hrs after the injections have worn off due to the jaw being open so long, the needle points in the gum and the pressure of the metal band around the tooth on the gum

I don`t mean to be a smarty-pants, but I think extractions should be as a last resort only. Root canals, if done CORRECTLY have a very high success rate (90 – 95% healing). That being said, some root canals are difficult to do especially in molars or teeth with curvy roots. But with current technology, the success rate in these teeth is good.
Root canal-ed teeth are more brittle, but that`s why we usually crown the tooth afterwards.
You CAN get re-infection if not all of the bacteria is removed from the canal, true. That just means the treatment has to be performed correctly to work. That`s true of every medical procedure, isn`t it?
Extractions carry their own set of problems. When you extract a tooth, the bone that used to be around it gradually disappears, which makes it difficult to replace the tooth in the future (with implants etc). Also you get adjacent teeth drifting into the empty space, which can disrupt your bite. There are other things that can happen but I don`t want to be too long-winded.
As a side note, I was doing a root canal the other day (I`m a dental student), and my patient fell asleep in the middle of it! Which was a bit of a problem `cause her mouth kept closing on my instruments. Lol. So I guess not all root canals have to be painful.

I don`t mean to be a smarty-pants, but I think extractions should be as a last resort only. Root canals, if done CORRECTLY have a very high success rate (90 – 95% healing). That being said, some root canals are difficult to do especially in molars or teeth with curvy roots. But with current technology, the success rate in these teeth is good.
Root canal-ed teeth are more brittle, but that`s why we usually crown the tooth afterwards.
You CAN get re-infection if not all of the bacteria is removed from the canal, true. That just means the treatment has to be performed correctly to work. That`s true of every medical procedure, isn`t it?
Extractions carry their own set of problems. When you extract a tooth, the bone that used to be around it gradually disappears, which makes it difficult to replace the tooth in the future (with implants etc). Also you get adjacent teeth drifting into the empty space, which can disrupt your bite. There are other things that can happen but I don`t want to be too long-winded.
As a side note, I was doing a root canal the other day (I`m a dental student), and my patient fell asleep in the middle of it! Which was a bit of a problem `cause her mouth kept closing on my instruments. Lol. So I guess not all root canals have to be painful.

I don`t mean to be a smarty-pants, but I think extractions should be as a last resort only. Root canals, if done CORRECTLY have a very high success rate (90 – 95% healing). That being said, some root canals are difficult to do especially in molars or teeth with curvy roots. But with current technology, the success rate in these teeth is good.
Root canal-ed teeth are more brittle, but that`s why we usually crown the tooth afterwards.
You CAN get re-infection if not all of the bacteria is removed from the canal, true. That just means the treatment has to be performed correctly to work. That`s true of every medical procedure, isn`t it?
Extractions carry their own set of problems. When you extract a tooth, the bone that used to be around it gradually disappears, which makes it difficult to replace the tooth in the future (with implants etc). Also you get adjacent teeth drifting into the empty space, which can disrupt your bite. There are other things that can happen but I don`t want to be too long-winded.
As a side note, I was doing a root canal the other day (I`m a dental student), and my patient fell asleep in the middle of it! Which was a bit of a problem `cause her mouth kept closing on my instruments. Lol. So I guess not all root canals have to be painful.

I don`t mean to be a smarty-pants, but I think extractions should be as a last resort only. Root canals, if done CORRECTLY have a very high success rate (90 – 95% healing). That being said, some root canals are difficult to do especially in molars or teeth with curvy roots. But with current technology, the success rate in these teeth is good.
Root canal-ed teeth are more brittle, but that`s why we usually crown the tooth afterwards.
You CAN get re-infection if not all of the bacteria is removed from the canal, true. That just means the treatment has to be performed correctly to work. That`s true of every medical procedure, isn`t it?
Extractions carry their own set of problems. When you extract a tooth, the bone that used to be around it gradually disappears, which makes it difficult to replace the tooth in the future (with implants etc). Also you get adjacent teeth drifting into the empty space, which can disrupt your bite. There are other things that can happen but I don`t want to be too long-winded.
As a side note, I was doing a root canal the other day (I`m a dental student), and my patient fell asleep in the middle of it! Which was a bit of a problem `cause her mouth kept closing on my instruments. Lol. So I guess not all root canals have to be painful.

I don`t mean to be a smarty-pants, but I think extractions should be as a last resort only. Root canals, if done CORRECTLY have a very high success rate (90 – 95% healing). That being said, some root canals are difficult to do especially in molars or teeth with curvy roots. But with current technology, the success rate in these teeth is good.
Root canal-ed teeth are more brittle, but that`s why we usually crown the tooth afterwards.
You CAN get re-infection if not all of the bacteria is removed from the canal, true. That just means the treatment has to be performed correctly to work. That`s true of every medical procedure, isn`t it?
Extractions carry their own set of problems. When you extract a tooth, the bone that used to be around it gradually disappears, which makes it difficult to replace the tooth in the future (with implants etc). Also you get adjacent teeth drifting into the empty space, which can disrupt your bite. There are other things that can happen but I don`t want to be too long-winded.
As a side note, I was doing a root canal the other day (I`m a dental student), and my patient fell asleep in the middle of it! Which was a bit of a problem `cause her mouth kept closing on my instruments. Lol. So I guess not all root canals have to be painful.