After being in the Dentist for the last two hours having 2 teeth given a root treatment, and I have to go back on Monday to have the teeth 'rebuilt' back into teeth, I would advise people to avoid getting root canals at any cost.

The drill isn't a problem, the taste of the stuff they put into your tooth to Sterilise it, however, tastes like you've eaten about 40 Mint Tic-Tacs at the same time. No words can describe beyond that really, it's minty, but in a thoroughly unrealistic kind of way. My own suspicion is that it actually tastes far worse and they've added mint flavouring to hide it, but it didn't work

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow *shudder*

don't talk to me about teeth

I can eat 40 tic-tacs at once (or 4 Triple X, take your pick). I have a high mint tolerance.

I don't mind strong minty taste

Avoiding root canal treatment is a very advice

LOL It wasn't so much the Mintiness that was the problem, it was the fact that it was Mint mixed with some really foul tasting disinfectant-type stuff, the mint, I assume, was supposed to hide the other taste, but all it really did for me was mean that the taste stayed in my mouth all the longer

Still the two teeth I got done were the ones that most needed doing, I go back on Monday to get the two teeth rebuilt using filling material, then it's just a bunch of fillings to go, which aren't so bad. Eventually, they'll all have to be crowned, but I don't have about 3 thousand pounds to do that at the moment, so fillings will give them a few more years.

The taste would probably be ten times worse than you imagine without the mint. And the taste would still remain, so...

I don't mind strong minty taste

Says the girl who'd continuously wash out her mouth until she could no longer taste the toothpaste.

not to sound insensetitve but WTF happened to your mouth Flip ?

I don't mind strong minty taste

Says the girl who'd continuously wash out her mouth until she could no longer taste the toothpaste.

And you remember (and I am still doing so)! I don't mind it when I am brushing my teeth but not too keen on the left over taste. Minty food is good, like tea, minty chocolate cookie

Poor Flippy. Do you have any of the originals left?

Also mints make you peepee a lot...

Heh, I have mostly original lower teeth, it's the upper ones that took the worst beating.

@Roanoke, I had to wear braces for 4 years and have a 6-hour operation because of a deformed jaw, whilst I'll admit some responsiblity, a fair bit of damage was done to my uppoer teeth through having bits of metal glued to them for such a long time, the enamel on them took a beating. Over the last 10 years I've had to more or less, one at a time, get them replaced or repaired along the top.

The bottom ones don't seem to suffer as badly, but most of them need work, but that's more a question of 'normal' treatment like fillings etc that I've just been leaving for too long because I haven't been able to afford them.

Aw... poor Flippy *hug* I am so sorry to hear that you have gone through so much. I remember you mentioned about the surgery. It made your face so swollen and purple.

Luckily, I am almost done with my treatment. About 3 months earlier. I always keep up with the brushing and rinsing. My orthodontist is very pleased with my oral hygiene (he gets very upset when his patients don't keep their mouth clean). I am very happy that everything turns out well and better than expected

depends on the doctor you have and how good he is. ive had 3, all done without heavy anethesia. The second part was done with no anesthesia. I didnt feel a thing,

I just had a small surgery. Everything went well. Not much pain or discomfort afterwards (I didn't take any pain killer, even though doc said I could take some if I couldn't stand the pain after the anesthesia wore off). I guess I had a good doctor