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Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 9:52 am**

Despite years of careful brushing and flossing, one of my teeth has developed a horrible infection with the gums becoming swollen and tender. The best case scenario is an agonizing and expensive root canal.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 9:53 am**

Owwww. That sounds awful. My sympathies.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 10:12 am**

My sympathies, too.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 11:04 am**

Best of luck with the tooth. They might want you to go on antibiotics before trying a root canal, but it probably should be removed eventually if it's that bad. Hubby was prone to tooth infections before he just got his dentures.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 11:22 am**

Sorry to hear that!

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 11:44 am**

My sympathies, too. The root canals I've had weren't that bad, IMO, but then again, I'm under a different health insurance system than you.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 2:36 pm**

This time at least, you can't blame it on carelessness since I have been meticulous about dental hygiene for years. Nonetheless I have no idea how I will even afford a root canal, let alone oral surgery. My wages have actually fallen over the past year because my workplace changed how hours are calculated to save money and inflation has greatly increased my expenses, especially with gas soaring.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 2:57 pm**

It's very unpleasant. and you have my sympathies. It might be easier and cheaper to just get the tooth removed, although I have no idea how health insurance pln.

OTOH, the highest I've ever been in a dentist's chair¹ was when getting root canal surgery, but that tooth had to be removed eventually.

¹In the psychological sense, not the physical one. As far as I can remember almost all the dentist's chairs I've sat in were on the ground floor.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:09 pm**

alice wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 2:57 pm It's very unpleasant. and you have my sympathies. It might be easier and cheaper to just get the tooth removed, although I have no idea how health insurance pln.

OTOH, the highest I've ever been in a dentist's chair¹ was when getting root canal surgery, but that tooth had to be removed eventually.

¹In the psychological sense, not the physical one. As far as I can remember almost all the dentist's chairs I've sat in were on the ground floor.

What's this thing with Anglophones always talking about getting high during dentistry? I never got a stronger reaction than my mouth turning numb from anything I got at the dentist's.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:50 pm**

Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:09 pmWhat's this thing with Anglophones always talking about getting high during dentistry? I never got a stronger reaction than my mouth turning numb from anything I got at the dentist's.

Many dentists give the patient laughing gas (nitrous oxide) to help them relax. Speaking of getting high though, one silver lining of this current crisis is that I might get prescribed vicodin for post-surgery pain.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 5:02 pm**

When I had my root canal, they shot me with Novocaine eight times and it still didn’t do anything to dull the pain. It appears a family trait from my father’s side is having extra nerves in the pulps of our teeth.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2026 5:05 pm**

Man in Space wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 5:02 pm When I had my root canal, they shot me with Novocaine eight times and it still didn’t do anything to dull the pain. It appears a family trait from my father’s side is having extra nerves in the pulps of our teeth.

Oh. Sorry to hear.

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2026 1:46 am**

Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:09 pm
alice wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 2:57 pm It's very unpleasant. and you have my sympathies. It might be easier and cheaper to just get the tooth removed, although I have no idea how health insurance pln.

OTOH, the highest I've ever been in a dentist's chair¹ was when getting root canal surgery, but that tooth had to be removed eventually.

¹In the psychological sense, not the physical one. As far as I can remember almost all the dentist's chairs I've sat in were on the ground floor.
What's this thing with Anglophones always talking about getting high during dentistry? I never got a stronger reaction than my mouth turning numb from anything I got at the dentist's.

I'm an anglophone and I don't get it either.

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:56 am**

Lērisama wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 1:46 am
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:09 pm
alice wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 2:57 pm It's very unpleasant. and you have my sympathies. It might be easier and cheaper to just get the tooth removed, although I have no idea how health insurance pln.

OTOH, the highest I've ever been in a dentist's chair¹ was when getting root canal surgery, but that tooth had to be removed eventually.

¹In the psychological sense, not the physical one. As far as I can remember almost all the dentist's chairs I've sat in were on the ground floor.
What's this thing with Anglophones always talking about getting high during dentistry? I never got a stronger reaction than my mouth turning numb from anything I got at the dentist's.
I'm an anglophone and I don't get it either.

It must be the interdentals in English. Rare cross-linguistically, so they must provide some advantage to those that do use them…

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2026 11:52 am**

Well now I must figure out how to find thousands of dollars in my incredibly tight budget. That will require some major cuts for the foreseeable future, certainly all the luxuries I still have. That also assumes they can even save the tooth at all, which seems quite optimistic.

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:29 pm**

From the "truth stranger than fiction" department, by way of theIrish Times:

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20 ... t-killing/

Swedish man killed in Limerick crash was on his way to carry out contract killing

Gardaí [Irish cops] believe two Swedish men were on their way to carry out a feud-related murder in the Munster region when they went the wrong way in their car and caused a fatal crash as they attempted to turn around.

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:34 pm**

Man in Space wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:56 am
Lērisama wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 1:46 am
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:09 pm

What's this thing with Anglophones always talking about getting high during dentistry? I never got a stronger reaction than my mouth turning numb from anything I got at the dentist's.
I'm an anglophone and I don't get it either.
It must be the interdentals in English. Rare cross-linguistically, so they must provide some advantage to those that do use them…

I don't know if the root canal qualifies as "interdental". Inter-radical, possibly; maybe even something "fossal"?

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2026 3:27 pm**

alice wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:34 pmI don't know if the root canal qualifies as "interdental". Inter-radical, possibly; maybe even something "fossal"?

More like inter-debt (pronounced non-rhotically) in my case.

Posted: **Sun Jun 14, 2026 9:48 am**

WeepingElf wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2026 1:32 pm
Ketsuban wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2026 10:27 am
Talskubilos wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2026 1:00 am Thanks to Gemini AI […] I've found another possible match
Bahahahahaha! Yeah, you and AI are a match made in heaven, you both like spewing meaningless gibberish.

But really. I don't like it that the firehose of falsehood is demonstrated live in this forum.

Posted: **Sun Jun 14, 2026 12:37 pm**

Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:29 pm From the "truth stranger than fiction" department, by way of theIrish Times:

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20 ... t-killing/

Swedish man killed in Limerick crash was on his way to carry out contract killing

Gardaí [Irish cops] believe two Swedish men were on their way to carry out a feud-related murder in the Munster region when they went the wrong way in their car and caused a fatal crash as they attempted to turn around.

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