Tell me you live in the US without telling me you live in the US:
The US or the UK*. In the UK, teeth are considered premium bones.
There are such things as NHS dentists, but you have to make an appointment when you’re born to see them when you’re in your 40s.
The pain is unbearable, and that’s from a small hole. Imagine how painful it is whilst actively drilling a LARGE hole. All of the pain. Like, your whole body inadvertently clenches due to the unbelievable amount of pain.
No way did this happen…
Been in this kind of dental pain. You’d pull the tooth long before you’d consider drillin’ n fillin’ it yourself.
If anyone is in this pain, you should know this…
1: Don’t ignore it. It won’t go away, and there is usually an infection that can spread to your jaw or other teeth. It needs to be taken care of by a professional ASAP.
2: You can take an NSAID with a Non-NSAID pain reliever, and it is just about the only thing that can relieve this pain. Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen were my only relief while waiting for my dental appointment.
My brother in law was hospitalized twice because he had a bacterial infection in his spinal cord. They put a needle into his aorta to inject antibiotics. They finally found that it all stemmed from an infected tooth.
Jesuuuus
Afaik, rarely an unattended tooth infection can break through to the sinus and even cause sepsis https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tooth-abscess/symptoms-causes/syc-20350901. Also rarely an infection in the lower jaw can spread down into the neck, causing rapid swelling that if untreated can cut off your breathing and suffocate you https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23457-ludwigs-angina. Though I’m not sure why the latter is named Ludwig’s Angina since I don’t think it’s associated with heart pain.
TLDR: small risk of dying if a dental infection isn’t treated and infection spreads
AFAIK angina comes from the Latin word angere which means to suffocate.
Angina pectoris being suffocating chest pain, often accompanied by shortness of breath.
And Ludwig angina litteraly suffocating a person via swelling.
Yes these complications are possible but very rare in developed countries, simply because the pain will be so unbearable that a person will seek out care before these complications develop. They’re more of a problem in areas with no access to care at all and can kill people in those situations.
Fun fact: tooth pain used to be listed as a cause of death in the distant past.
Yeah I think I’d try an ice skate and a rock Castaway style before i attempted a DIY root canal.
Opioids like Tramadol can also help with the pain.
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OTC was not a criterion.
It depends. Teeth go through stages of pain. First the nerve is dying and highly inflammed. You definitely do not want to be poking around without anesthetic at this stage.
Next the nerve dies and the pain goes away. People often feel a sense of relief at this point because they want to believe the problem just resolved itself.
Some time later an infection forms at the base of the tooth, causing pain because of an increase in pressure in the jaw. This can be excruciatingly painful but the source of pain isn’t the tooth itself (the nerve is dead), it’s the jaw. At this point someone could theoretically do a root canal without anesthetic. It wouldn’t be pleasant but it also wouldn’t cause the insane kind of pain you’re thinking it would cause. That being said, never do your own root canals or have someone who isn’t qualified do one for you. They’re extremely technical and require exquisitely trained fine motor control and having a non-professional do one will cause more problems than they solve.
Source: I do root canals for other people and I would never do one on myself
How can he afford the equipment but not the dental bill?
The equipment is approximately $400-$1000, and root canal is anywhere from $600-$1600. Maybe they got a bad price and decided it would be cheaper to do it themselves?
Will probably be fun when he inevitably gets an infection
Couldn’t he travel to Mexico and get it done properly for that price?
Assuming you want to got to, say, Mexico city, it costs a little over $800. The root canal in Mexico cost $250-$500, making the total cost $1050-$1300. Unless they are already in Mexico, I don’t think this is any better of an option.
It is better because it will be done by a dentist and not by the guy himself.
To add to this: if there are any complications they will have to return to Mexico to have the same dentist address them. Or go to a different dentist and pay full price to have them fix it again.
And dental care in Mexico is spotty. I’ve seen good work that was done there but I’ve also made a lot of money fixing shitty work that was done there.
I have a garage full of tools because I’d rather pay for the tool and learn than pay someone else with the tool and have the job done but have no tool afterwards.
Not saying I’d do this with my teeth, but… there’s a little bit of logic behind it.
I can imagine someone watching a few YouTube videos and thinking they can pull their own tooth, but doing a root canal on yourself is a little much. Bad joke.
objection: this is fucking 4chan
Agreed. Remember that kid that castrated himself? Or the guy who hung himself from the radiator on a live feed. Root canal is small fry.
I’m sorry, but WHAT?!
Do not answer me, but Jesus fucking Christ, what in all fuck.
Good point. I was assuming average intelligence. They have repeatedly shown that they are below average.
Maybe they’re average intelligence, but with above level go getter attitude?
All you need is a gamer chair and some Fuji IX.
Came here to say this was probably posted by Bob Mortimer.
Can’t load the clip, but I’m guessing it’s the guy on Would I Lie to You? doing his own dentistry! He always has a great story.
Exactly the one. His stories are always amazing!
The difference is, he’s working on veneers. So no pain to himself.
This text doesn’t look very green. Maybe it’s stained red with Anon’s blood?
Oil of clove will numb the pain and no need for a prescription. Get the tooth pulled it is far cheaper.
I got a root canal and a temporary crown, a few years later I got a crown, many years later the crown came off because there wasn’t enough tooth to anchor it. I got the tooth pulled but I had waited so long that the tooth started getting absorbed into my jaw and it took 4-5 hours of hammering to break it out of my jaw. The dentist needed to take breaks from the hammering.
My advice is don’t waste the time doing all the other steps when you will just need it pulled later. If you can get the tooth without it being broken you may get to make a custom implant in the future.
Oil of clove??
Just go to the fucking dentist, even third world countries have public healthcare for such extreme issues.
America: Fuck yeah!
I am constantly amazed at this for the US. I’m from Honduras, and most dentist stuff is like 20 bucks, with some more intricate things running you maybe 60 to 90 usd. I’ve literally never spent more than that on a dentist visit in my life, and I’ve been to at least 5 dentists in all 30 years, stayed loyal to two of them because they have been so good, they’re the kind of people you just stick to.
I believe that having a tooth out can lead to your other teeth moving over time, due to the gap in the line.
I’ll box that sucker out for one tenth of the price and ten times as fast.
Root canals can be very succesful and allow people to keep their tooth for decades longer than they otherwise would. But I often do recommend getting an implant instead if it’s an option for my patients financially. Your experience with the extraction isn’t uncommon, root canaled teeth often fuse to the bone and become a nightmare for both the patient and the dentist to remove. It depends on the tooth and the situation though. Definitely best to have a discussion with your doctor to weigh the options in each particular case.
Ah so this is the type of person that falls for the attic poop trick
Attic poop trick???
Hope to find it but: some anon was putting his poop up in his attic after another anon’s post about it being an easy way to get rid of it as it’ll just wither away (obviously a shit post)
