contrary to popular belief, root canals don't hurt. of course, if your endodontist is a hack then yeah, you'll feel it. but really, if they know how to use anaesthetics properly and it's not amateur hour with a drill and the files, it's like having a cavity filled. an hour and a half of filling mind you, but aside from a stiff jaw and several hundred dollars it's not any worse.

the best thing about my dentist, though, is the cockiness. the line between confident and cocky is pretty well-defined usually, and sometime in the last two years my dentist leapt over that line and hasn't looked back. case in point: he made the assistant take extra x-rays for the sole purpose of "appreciating [his] work because it's just so good." and good he is. he likes to call himself out as he's doing the procedure, and goes out of his way to make it perfectly clear every time he does something better than your average endodontist would. it's like ron burgundy went mad oriental and got his D.D.S.

all root canals should be so entertaining.

jh..