How long does a root canal take?

[timvp]

If started 30 minutes ago, am I looking at another hour or two? Longer? Shorter?

Thanks.

[tsb2000]

are you posting from the chair? :)

[Fillmoe]

takes like 45 mins to an hour....

[timvp]

are you posting from the chair? :)Yes. This crap is boring.

[duncan228]

Depends. At least an hour.

Absolutly one of the worst medical experiences of my life. I've had 2, the first one I was stupid enough to let a general dentist do it. It was horrific. The second one I got smarter and had a root canal guy do it, that was much easier. Still, not something I would ever volunteer to do!

I hope whoever you're waiting for has an easy time.

[timvp]

takes like 45 mins to an hour....

You Serious? You Mad?

[Fillmoe]

no im serious... had a root canal done last year

[ggoose25]

:lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/divamami/camron2.jpg

you mad?

[ashbeeigh]

My sister had a pediatric specialist do it because it was so complex (she was like 14 at the time) sucked like a mofo.

Brush, Floss, Rinse timvp. That's your only remedy.

[Richard Pryor]

just get it pulled foo, much quicker. else brush you teef now on.

[Fillmoe]

you will have to have a temporary crown put on for a couple days and will have to go back to the dentist in a week or so to get the permanent one put in.

[xrayzebra]

If started 30 minutes ago, am I looking at another hour or two? Longer? Shorter?

Thanks.


About 600.00 dollars long. Or that is what it cost me.
I think the thing that got to me was I had to go back to
my regular dentist to get the filling put in. He didn't fill
teeth, he was a dental surgeon.........I am not kidding.

[ObiwanGinobili]

mine took about 1.5 hrs.

somee people just have bad tooth genes or some fucked up chit.
I brush, floss and rinse 2x a day. I even got the ADA approved scuba toothbrush, i had all those expensie sealents put on my teeth as a kid... and my shit is still fucked.
I have 20+ cavities that I keep having to be refilled every 5-10 years, 1 root canal done, 2 to go and 2 impacted wisdome teeth.

some people are just dealt a shitty hand in the tooth department LJ, I'm sure you do brush your teeth dude.

[Kori Ellis]

:lol

LJ wasn't having a root canal. I was.

He's never even had a cavity.

[Kori Ellis]

some people are just dealt a shitty hand in the tooth department.

That's true. I have had problems with my teeth almost since I was born. It pisses me off.

[tlongII]

So how long did it take?

[Kori Ellis]

So how long did it take?

They could only do part of it today because they couldn't find the 3rd canal. But about 90 minutes.

[angel_luv]

Ouch! Feel better, Kori. :)

[ORION]

If started 30 minutes ago, am I looking at another hour or two? Longer? Shorter?

Thanks.
if they put you out just pray that when you wake up and look around that the dentist isn't zipping up his pants.

[tsb2000]

No doubt. Hopefully you got some quality pills in the meantime! :)

[Kori Ellis]

No doubt. Hopefully you got some quality pills in the meantime! :)

:lol No, I turned down the pain prescription.

[duncan228]

:lol No, I turned down the pain prescription.

Did they say you can put an ice pack on your jaw to help with the pain? I remember it helping after the novicaine wore off.

[Jimcs50]

Kori, why did you not PM me this question????

You have asked people who have just given you all wrong answers and bad advice. I could have answered you question quite easily and truthfully.

1. A molar procedure like the one you are having done takes an hour and a half in my chair(some dentists are slower, like yours, I see)

2. They painless, when the patient is covered with an antibiotc regimen before the procdure.

3. Having an endodontist(specialist) do the procedure makes no difference in any pain you might have compared to a general dentist, provided that you are covered by antibiotics, so the above advice is WRONG.

4. Make sure you get a crown done on the tooth within a month or 2, or you can break the tooth, rendering all this treatment worthless.

[thispego]

:lol No, I turned down the pain prescription.
damn what a badass

[medstudent]

:lol No, I turned down the pain prescription.

BIG mistake.

[Kori Ellis]

Kori, why did you not PM me this question????

You have asked people who have just given you all wrong answers and bad advice. I could have answered you question quite easily and truthfully.

1. A molar procedure like the one you are having done takes an hour and a half in my chair(some dentists are slower, like yours, I see)

2. They painless, when the patient is covered with an antibiotc regimen before the procdure.

3. Having an endodontist(specialist) do the procedure makes no difference in any pain you might have compared to a general dentist, provided that you are covered by antibiotics, so the above advice is WRONG.

4. Make sure you get a crown done on the tooth within a month or 2, or you can break the tooth, rendering all this treatment worthless.

I was at the dentist when this thread started.

It was pretty painless. I've had root canals before and this was the best one in that regard. He told me before it started that we were going to split it in two sessions because of the extent of the infection.

I have a question for you though, that I want to PM you.

[Jimcs50]

I was at the dentist when this thread started.

It was pretty painless. I've had root canals before and this was the best one in that regard. He told me before it started that we were going to split it in two sessions because of the extent of the infection.

I have a question for you though, that I want to PM you.


PM returned

[Clutch20]

I'm freakin cause I play brass instruments and teeth relly come in useful for that. I'm gonna have to make a decision someday,
Reading these posts helps alot, thanks!

[ploto]

I had one that took 2 hours but it was on a molar and I had this weird extra root.

[Sonia_TX]

I had root canal when I was in the 7th grade and never forgot the pain I was in afterward. I was fine during the procedure and even when he gave me the shot to numb the area (he's pretty good at that...no pain) but once it wore off... :cry . You're tough Kori!!

I went to the dentist a few weeks ago and have 0 cavities! :clap

[marini martini]

BIG mistake.No shiat :toast

[pooh]

ok jim is pulling all four widsom teeth, splitting the top and lower part of your gums, then checking the structure of your mouth, painful? that is what a place here in town wants to do to me....and they want 5k for it.

[Kori Ellis]

PM returned

You must have returned it to someone else because I didn't get it :)

[Avitus1]

Depends on how bad the dentist is.

[SequSpur]

try brushing and flossing once in awhile and it'll keep Jim in the poor house.

[Jimcs50]

You must have returned it to someone else because I didn't get it :)


Now did you get it? I returned your PM to you, it should have gotten to you.

[Kori Ellis]

Nope :(

[duncan228]

Kori- I sent you a PM last night also.

Did you get that one?

[Kori Ellis]

Yes, I did.

I've gotten 40 PM's since yesterday. But not any from Jim.

[Shelly]

Jim's been hitting the N20 again...

[2Blonde]

I've had 3 root canals. Actually 2 were on the same tooth. They got in and found out they couldn't get all the way down the 3 root because it was too small. So they packed it up with a temp and sent me to a specialist. Then I had the 2nd one where he hand drilled it out. I don't remember either of them being too bad pain wise though. I've also had one other that went w/o complications. I had more problems with the ill fitting crowns afterward than the procedures themselves. I still have one crown that needs to be replaced.