“How painful is a root canal procedure?”

Not painful at all provided you are numb enough. Please let your endodontist know during the procedure if you feel any pain, he or she can numb you more during the procedure too.

Relatively painless once you are numbed up. If you wait until it hurts, and the pain is worsening and you still delay such that you are awake nights unable to sleep due to pain, it will be more difficult to get perfectly numb and may develop a "hot tooth", a tooth so damaged and painful it is nearly impossible to sedate or numb up. About 10% of my patients just doze off in the chair while I am working. Good Luck

Root canals of today are not the root canals of years past and can be done with little to no discomfort. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>