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I’ve had a root canal.

This is always described as the worst dental procedure one could have done. Since it’s the only real surgery of any kind I have ever had done, I was extremely nervous about it, but in the end, it went fantastically well, and now you get to read about it, I guess.

All the people at the Endodontist’s office were quite nice. They were extremely informative on what was happening, what needed to be done, and what I should do in the future, but they also weren’t persecuting me for needing dental work done. This is something I had kind of worried about. I was really embarrassed by this whole tooth thing, and I didn’t really want to be embarrassed more. I wasn’t. I appreciated that.

Basically, the procedure consisted of me getting three shots in the mouth to numb me. I had never been so numb before: later, when drinking a beverage to take more painkillers, I could only feel half the rim of the can, which was creepy as hell. Still, what they gave me worked perfectly. I didn’t feel any pain at all during the procedure. It was really awkward and kind of boring sitting there the whole time, but it didn’t hurt. It was just time consuming. They even mentioned that they have a lot of people fall asleep on them while they were doing this, and I could see why. I nearly did at several points. You’re laid back in a comfy chair and have nothing to do. Napping is easily.

The worst part of the whole experience was the smell, really. I don’t know if it was because of infection, or if that’s just what it normally smells like, but oh god, the smell of drilled tooth was horrific. I felt it linger, imagined or otherwise, all day, and it made me feel kind of ill, more than anything else. I survived it of course, but man. It was that, not any pain, that was the problem.

I was told to take a ton of painkillers, and that would deal with any soreness. I followed that advice, and it actually worked to, which surprised me. Besides dealing with a bit of a numb feeling on one side of my face for awhile after, there was really no bad effects from this procedure. They apparently know their stuff at Cape Endodontics.

I’m glad it’s over with, of course. Not having my tooth hurt is a good thing. But I was just surprised by how much of a non-issue most of the thing was. Apparently dentistry techniques have changed a lot or something, for the stories to have been this bad and the experience to have been this good. Now it’s done. One more thing done, I guess. That’s good.