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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2006Root Canal Anaesthesia and Recovery Time
I might need a root canal (it could also be just a filling, but a root canal is the worst case scenario), and I was wondering if it was OK to just get it done with local anaesthesia and nitrous. I'm bad with needles, but I can take them with nitrous fine-if the dentist gives the nitrous time to work. My previous experiences with dental anaesthesia: Wisdom teeth-nitrous, IV sedation, and local. The dentist left me with the nitrous so long that I was laughing so hard the chair shook. I managed to get the IV needle just fine, and I don't remember the local needle. Other two wisdom teeth-as above. This time, they tried to get the IV needle in immediatly after the nitrous, and I had some problems with that. But after the nitrous kicked in I could take it fine. The reason I am thinking of foregoing the IV sedation this time is I understand that a root canal isn't as "serious" (best term I can think of) as a wisdom tooth extraction, and a filling isn't as serious as either, and it would be nice not to have to fast, and to be able to get myself there and back (this is the first dental appointment I am handling myself). Also, I haven't selected a dentist yet, and I want to know if I should make lack of IV sedation a "deal breaker". Also, Taste of Chinatown is on 10/21, and some of my friends and I are going. If I get an appointment for 10/20, will I be able to go, or will I be unable to chew like with my wisdom teeth (I can chew just fine now, and Temparin makes the pain completely go away, if that helps)? Thanks for your help. > I might need a root canal (it could also be just a filling, but a root > canal is the worst case scenario), and I was wondering if it was OK to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > now, and Temparin makes the pain completely go away, if that helps)? > Thanks for your help. I had root canals done on 4 teeth in one sitting with no nitrous, no IV and it was not bad at all. None were infected so that makes a difference I have heard. Just bite the bullet, sav  Signature. > I might need a root canal (it could also be just a filling, but a root > canal is the worst case scenario), and I was wondering if it was OK to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > now, and Temparin makes the pain completely go away, if that helps)? > Thanks for your help. I had root canals done on 4 teeth in one sitting with no nitrous, no IV and it was not bad at all. None were infected so that makes a difference I have heard. Just bite the bullet and do it! Good Luck! Signature. > I might need a root canal (it could also be just a filling, but a root > canal is the worst case scenario), and I was wondering if it was OK to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > now, and Temparin makes the pain completely go away, if that helps)? > Thanks for your help. Really no way to tell. Most aren't bad, as CRC says, but of course you will hear about the occasional root canal from hell much more frequently. I think you're overthinking this if you're not even sure a root canal will be necessary. But prior to an important event if there is doubt I'll tell a patient to make an appointment afterwards. This way, you don't have to worry about tasting Chinatown. Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 Yeah, but I don't this can wait. The tooth in question broke a few months ago, but it didn't hurt and I could chew on it so I let it go. Then (a few weeks ago), it started hurting (it went away eventually, and it just came on by itself, not in response to heat or cold-heat actually soothed it), so I put some Temparin in, which worked great, then the Temparin came out, so I put more in, then I got tired of this so I decided to see the destist (and made the appointment eariler today, so this is kind of moot anyway). I'm hoping the fact that it responds to Temparin, which I understand basically *is* a filling, means a filling is all I need, but a root canal is the worst case scenario. > Really no way to tell. Most aren't bad, as CRC says, but of course you > will hear about the occasional root canal from hell much more frequently. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Brooklyn, NY > 718-258-5001 > I might need a root canal (it could also be just a filling, but a root > canal is the worst case scenario), and I was wondering if it was OK to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > now, and Temparin makes the pain completely go away, if that helps)? > Thanks for your help. I had 2 root canals done but I took 3 vists for me to dentsits office because the second time there was an infection. and finally canals were filled the third vist. |
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