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I'm about to give myself a root canal/filling. I have no dental training. But the pain is more than I can bare.

Ask me anything.

I'm scared guys.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 weeks ago (26 children)

Last year I had to do a root canal. The anesthesia did not took effect in my tooth and the dentist said that she could not apply more anesthesia cause I already had took an amount equivalent to 5 persons. It was agonizing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I got a pretty bad infection on my thumb years ago from biting my nails. Doctor had to remove a chunk of infected tissue/pus or whatever it was using a scalpel. He tried 3 times to do local anesthesia, didn't work, so finally he said he just needed to get it done. It was the most agonizing thing I've ever experienced.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From biting your nails??? No judgement, just curious if you mean the skins around and under your nails, or just literally biting them short... for reasons

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It was the skin on the side of my thumb that folds under the nail. I used to chew through it sometimes when I had a hangnail from nail biting.

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