If the tooth is dead, will root canal still hurt without anesthesia?

Question

please help!! thanks!

Answer 1

Yes! THe tooth is dead, not the root~ get the shots it will save you from being in alot of pain!

Answer 2

Yes, it would hurt. Even though the tooth is technically "dead" (this includes both tooth and root), some of the nerve fibers in the root can still send pain sensations to your brain. These fibers can persist for many months.

Also, a number of the instruments that the endodontist uses to disinfect and restore your tooth will generate a great deal of heat. This heat can spread to the gum tissue that surrounds your tooth and can also cause pain (or at the very least discomfort).

Anesthesia will make the experience much more comfortable for you. I would use it if you can. Intraoral injections honestly don't hurt any more than a pin prick or mosquito bite and the feeling of the injection is a much superior alternative to experiencing pain associated with dental procedures.

If you have had a bad experience or complication with anesthetic in the past. It is important to notify your dentist of this situation before any dental work is done so that the necessary precautions may be taken. Also notify your dentist if anyone in your family (blood relatives) have been diagnosed with "malignant hyperthermia" - a rare hereditary condition that is very important for your dentist to know about.

Hope that helps :)

Answer 3

Depends on whether the root canal has been started or not, there are times when a root canal is started but not finished and you have to go back for a second appointment to finish it up, it that case we have patients that opt to not have anesthesia, but if it is the first appointment for your root canal I would recommend being numb you will be a lot more comfortable. You are right the tooth is dead but there can still be some vital nerve tissue in the tooth. I would want to be numb. Good luck

Answer 4

The problem with a root canal is that it is very uncomfortable. Worse, however, is that the dentist cannot guarantee or even give you a fair shot that the root canal will work. Then the tooth must go anyway. I had two potential root canals, but when I was told it might not work and I could lose the tooth anyway, I said, "Pull it!!" I wasn't going to go through that misery and then have to pay for it and then to have the tooth pulled to boot. Not I!!!

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

If the tooth is fully dead (meaning the root which innervates the tooth is also nonfunctional), then you should theoretically feel no pain during a root canal. Sometimes, however, if a tooth has multiple roots (and thus multiple nerves) as does a molar, one root may still be alive although the rest of the tooth is effectively dead/infected. In this case, you would definitely feel pain during the procedure.

Answer 6

no not at all tooth being already dead root canal is not going to hurt u.it will also neither hurt if the tooth is alive ,in which case anaesthesia is given.

Answer 7

It might hurt if the dentist gets into the live part under the root. You will feel pressure when he/she pushes or drills.

Answer 8

Nope the tooth is dead. Unless it abcesses, then you're in the sh*t. Good luck.

Answer 9

Yes it will as we have blood vessels and nerves in root ... attached to our gums...go for anasthesia

Answer 10

get the anethesia, it will really help