It was a rough night last night. The pain in my tooth was so bad that I couldn't sleep. Nothing helped either. I took about 10 Advil over the course of the night, which did absolutely nothing at all. The Anbesol didn't help, and neither did ice packs. I was in extreme pain the whole night. This morning, I called the dentist at 745 am, enroute to his office, hoping that he could get me in immediately. Their first response was that they were overbooked today, and could I come in tomorrow. I politely said, "No, this can't wait until tomorrow. Plus, I have eye surgery scheduled tomorrow too." Then they said that I could come in at 1pm today, and they would squeeze me in through the afternoon, but that I'd be there several hours. I again said, "No, this can't wait. I'm in extreme pain, we've got to do this now." So, they conceded that I should come in right away this morning. I agreed.
Overall, the procedure wasn't as bad as I envisioned. Bascially, it's just like getting a cavity filled, but longer. The dentist gave me a shot of juice, and said that we'd know right away if the tooth needed a root canal if the pain went away. The pain did go away, and I felt much better. He then game me about 3 more shots, and the procedure began. He drilled out the former filling in my tooth, then cleaned and filed out the roots (I had three), then placed a rubber filler in the voids. He then put a temporary filling in and sent me home. It did take about 2 1/2 hours, but it didn't hurt. I could hear everything he was doing, I just couldn't feel it.
So, $795 for the root canal, and another $805 for a crown that I have to get put on in a couple of weeks. Yikes. That's $1600. But, at the time, I didn't care what it cost to have it fixed. And, we don't have any dental insurance to cover that. Ugh. Oh well, I didn't have a choice in the matter, and it was either deal with the pain, or have the procedure done.
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