Just got my first root canal done and had a bad reaction to the laughing gas. We took it off and waited for me to recover before starting the procedure, and I’m sure the only reason I kept my sanity for the next two and a half hours was my fidget cube.
The nose mask of laughing gas took forever to kick in, but the second it did was AWFUL. Felt like my lungs and rib cage were a cartoon beehive that’d been kicked. Angry bees inside me. My entire skin tried to crawl away. That’s when I freaked out and we took the mask off. Then I started sobbing uncontrollably. Couldn’t stop for ten minutes. Mentally I was clear and trying to stop, but my body wouldn’t respond to my brain. Never doing that again.
My dentist and nurse were very kind and patient the whole time, stopping when I needed a breather. I’m glad I have dental insurance now but wow does the process suck.
I love my dentists and all but man ghe dentist is a lawless place, you go in, get minor surgery, get stitches, and then you get to walk home on your own and pick up some ibuprofen from CVS like all you got was a headache
Hello it's @clone-anon I just got your request and this sounds like an emergency Fives situation!
You sent Fives a message over comms to please come get you from the dentist's office. You didn't think you were going to need a lot of help, but after that root canal and the amount of numbing they gave you, you didn't want to go home alone, especially since it seemed to make your vision a little wonky. While Fives could be an absolute goofball, he took this very seriously. He took notes on the aftercare instructions from the dental assistant. He kept an arm around you as he walked you out of the building and took you home. Once home, he parked you on the couch.
"Does it hurt, cyar'ika?" He tucked your hair behind your ear, concern written all over his face.
You kind of nodded. "My jaw," you tried to say. He understood.
He tried to get you pain medication, but you were so numb you couldn't keep water from splashing out of your mouth.
"Okay," he said. "Let's wait until the numbing wears off a little more and try again until you can take something."
You nodded. He took his boots and armor off, having rushed from the barracks to get you. He adjusted himself on the couch and pulled you on top of him, making sure you laid on the side that would cause the least discomfort.
"Lay on me, try to rest," he said. "In a little while we'll try again. And if your eyesight doesn't get better I'm calling the dentist office back. Until then I'll be your eyes." He gently rubbed your back and you laid there in silence. You couldn't really talk, but you wanted to cry. Your jaw ached from being held open so long and you were stressed you would have to go back for a crown.
"I'm going to tell Rex I need those days off when you have to go back," he said. You looked up at him and tried to smile with the half of your face that was still partially functional. "You don't have to say anything," he said. "I want to make sure you're taken care of." He kissed the top of your head and gave your body a little squeeze.
You eventually put on a holomovie and a few hours later the swelling was down enough that you could swallow some pain pills. Fives was so gentle. Normally you had so much fun together, but it was a comfort to see him on top of all of it. He made sure that the minute you were able to eat, food was ready. He wished he could do more, but he stuck it out with you.
"Everything's gonna be okay, cyar'ika."
Clone-anon, thank you so much 🥺
This was absolutely perfect to wake up to. It's been one heck of a day, and to just be taken care of would be a dream 🥰
Please, just let me lay on his lap and be miserable while he strokes my hair 😭
Fives, my beloved 💚 He's so perfect and soft, and caring, and just, ugh. I love him 🥹
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Guys I had a root canal on Friday and it was the second worst pain in my whole life and it was terrible!!! NEVER ignore any kind of tooth pain!!! if you can, get some dental help immediately!! I had no idea a tooth could hurt so much and this is someone who literally gets off on pain lmao! Stay safe out there 💖
Evaluating the best available materials for sealing root canals after clearing to avoid failure of root canal treatment
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Dental Research Unit, Center for Global health Research, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Published in PLOS ONE, November 2023
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I'm constantly checking in mirrors or with my tongue to make sure it's there, because I still have a hard time believing it's real. I've been dreaming of this for seriously four decades. I almost don't know how feel about this thing that's going to be a part of my smile for the rest of my life. I should just trust myself, & be compassionate with myself, enough to be over the moon about it, because it really is fucking awesome.
I had another root canal this morning. Now maybe my teeth will stop aching.
My root canal specialist said my tooth was "really angry" Yeah, and its pissing off all the other teeth on that side of my mouth!
They thought it would take about 15 minutes. But then they had to wait 20 minutes for the tooth to "calm down" enough to see what was going on. They even thought I might have had a resorption issue and were talking about getting a ct scan!
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Had a root canal *today* and it’s now 2 AM. While waiting for my pain meds to kick in I’ve decided to make a card to mail my dentist that calls him an asshole.