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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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