Root Canal is not the worst thing there is

Just wanted to put a positive post about my root canal experience, in
case anyone - like me - came to this site for reassurance that's it's
not so bad. While my dentist could do the procedure, I decided to see
an endodontist, and he was outstanding. They said my appointment would
just be an hour - but I was a skeptic, I'd heard root canals can be an
all day affair.

I took a sedative, which made me sleepy, but I was still anxious. When
I got in for my procedure I also used nitrous. Simply a dreamy
combination. The entire thing - including the wait time for my
novacaine to kick in was 1 hour on the nose. Honestly the drilling
took 10 minutes, max. My tooth and jaw are a little sore now, but 2
advil resolved that.

I had a crown put in a month ago (the whole reason for this root canal
in fact) and that took over 2 hours - way more drilling, waiting, etc.

I am simply so pleased with my experience that I had to share.
Hopefully my experience was not too out of the ordinary, but really -
it was no worse than getting a filling, other than the anticipation of
it being something much worse. If I had it to do again, I might skip
the sedative, but the nitrous - keep it comin'.

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