Root Canal

I went to the Dentist last week for my normal cleaning, and the hygienist said. “Oh, dear” and told me I had an abscess on my gum. She then showed it to me with a mirror, as if I didn’t trust her (I let her shove sharp metal objects and poke around in my mouth – if that isn’t trust). After she finished the cleaning she took and x-ray and said that I would need a root canal. “Doesn’t your tooth hurt, or are you in any pain?” she asked, but no, everything seemed fine in my mouth.

They made a quick appointment with the Endodontist and I went there for my root canal. She also seemed surprised that I was in no pain (what – was I making this up?), and checked my mouth before digging in. She was surprised that the tooth next to the one being worked on seemingly had problems as well (“you’ll want to keep checking this one”). Now, the lore is that root canals are painful, but a google search says that “[w]hen people are told that they need a root canal treatment, they usually think about pain. However, the pain they feel is caused by an infection in the tooth, not by root canal treatment. … The root canal procedure itself is painless.” That certainly was the case with me. Having my mouth wide open for a long period was no fun, but it wasn’t painful. There was no pain afterward, either. They said that with all of the “manipulation” in my mouth that the area might be tender, and that there may be pain, but everything has been fine. Either I have a high pain tolerance, or I missed out on the pain of a root canal. Good for me.

On today’s podcast we’ll ease the pain of this root canal with songs from the Beatles, Neneh Cherry, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Moby Grape, Echo & the Bunnymen, Suzanne Vega, Percy Mayfield, the Byrds, the Monkees, Led Zeppelin, Julian Cope, Muddy Waters, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and Marvin Gaye.

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