How painful are root canals?

Shouldn't be!!!: Root canal therapy or endodontic therapy is usually not painful if the proper anesthetic is used and infection is under control. Discuss your concerns with your dentist ahead of time.

Root Canal Therapy: In my experience, there is absolutely no pain 99% of the time doing endodontic therapy on teeth. Occasionally, in the presence of what we call a "hot tooth", when there is a severe acute infection, there may be more than one injection required to adequately numb the tooth. Following RCT, there is sometimes, but not always, mild to moderate discomfort the first day, easily handled with pain mx.

Painful Root Canals: Two things generally cause pain in teeth. Infection and trauma. Root canals are the soft tissues space within a tooth. They contain Blood vessels connective and reparative tissues and a nerve. Deep decay leaches poisons into these tissues and eventually kills them...The Pain Part. The root canal therapy removes the poisons and dead tissues. The canals are sterilized filled and the tooth is capped.

Depends: If there is a big infection to start with , the healing process afterwards may be uncomfortable. If no big infection, then relatively painless. See the experts -- the Endodontist for treatment. Good luck.

Comfort zone: The appropriate anesthesia depends on the complexity of the dental treatment and your own comfort zone. With the profound local anesthesia and IV sedation you will have no recall of the events of the root canal or experience any pain. Good luck.