OK just tell me HOW painful root canal treartment will be ?

[CaptainUnderpants]

Have been in pain since Monday saw my dentist and it looks like root canal treatment may be required . Am in alot of pain as it is , even though am on prescribed painkillers .

My DH has really cheered me up and said that treatment is really painful - so is it ?

The treatment itself will be pain free because you will have been injected with plenty of local anaesthetic.

But it might be very painful when the anaesthetic wears off. Ask your dentist about this, and he can prescribe you some painkillers.

I know people who say that they haven't had any pain, but I was in the worst pain of my life for days, and Solpadeine and Nurofen only really just kept the edge off it.

Sorry if you don't want to hear this! I just wish I'd known, and then could have asked for stronger painkillers before I left the surgery.

Hope it goes well.

I had 7 fillings and a root canal (over 3 appointments) the first time I ventured to a dentist's office for about years..

The dentist gave me laughing gas (gas and air) and pain injection and I for the canal traetment I fell asleep in the chair...

I'd say it is unlikely to be too painful, is just like a big filling!

It could be very sore afterwards but that is quite unusual, the dentist I work for does usually warn people they can feel sore and bruised afterwards.

I wouldn't go into it worrying you will be in agony afterwards, you could definitely be prepared by asking for strong painkillers in case, that is a good idea, but in my experience (I work for a dentist) you are more likely not to have severe agony than to have it.

What i mean is you usually get somediscomfort afterwards , which is what the dentist I work for warns about, she recommends ibuprofen. To be in agony is not usual, sorry you had to go through that BecauseI'mWorthIt

A bit of a coward here - never really had major teeth treatment - except four wisdom teeth out but that was under GA.

The dentsit said I am on a high dose of painkillers now , but I could top it up with Ibrofen - went to chemist asked pharmist and got some - that & the prescribed painkillers have just now taken the edge off the pain .

Shall get some in for next week then !

Mine wasn't, at all.

My dh's was, aftewards, and he ended up needing Nurofen Plus and then some further work...but I think that was unusual. In my case, no problem after - one dose of paracetamol, that was it.

Good luck!

I had one done years ago in France and the only pain or discomfort I had was around my mouth where the dentist had been holding it open to get at the back tooth. Otherwise I was fine, no pain at all infact much less than when I had a big filling at the back on a different tooth.

Just so glad that we found an NHS dentist a while ago and swapped from our private one , otherwise might have needed some painkillers for our bank account !

The treatment itself isn't too bad becasue the nerve is dead and it will relieve the pressure of dead tissue within. The nasty bit are the vibrations and awkward holding of mouth open during the process and feeling puffy and bruised afterwards. Is it a front or back tooth ?

upper back - so lots of mouth opening

Don't remember any pain afterwards. Tooth itself was in a right old state, so pre-pain had been fairly awful anyway. Agree the worst bit was sitting for an hour with mouth clamped open and making casts with dental clay for the replacement crown. Foul, foul taste.

Yes, I was pretty as well. In fact at one stage I just burst into tears about the pain, because it just went on and on and on, and was waking me up every 2 hours when the drugs wore off.

Sorry CaptainUnderpants, you don't need to know that really - but it does look as if I was just unlucky. Everyone else has had much better experiences than me.

Not painful during (and this is from someone who used to be sedated for a simple filling prior to having children) and only a little bit tender afterwards.

Get really strong painkillers in like syndol which also knock you out a bit because it is painful.Mine failed and I had the tooth out in teh end because I couldn't bear it again.

I never found it bad at all tbh!

I had it done about 2 years ago and was very anxious but I didn't feel a thing. It was on my very back molar and it took ages but it was so relaxed and pain free that I was almost asleep!

I didn't think it was too painful -I had a bit of aching and tenderness afterwards, but nothing too bad.

It won't be as bad as the pain of the toothache anyway!

I am (was?) incredibly dentalphobic (is that a word?) to the point where I'd cry through a checkup and have to have any work done with intravenous valium