Originally Posted by timrud

Do you have an absess?

I had one on a front tooth. OMG pain was immense, but the root canal didn't hurt, infact I didn't even have any anestectic.

They drilled down the tooth then filed out whatever it was with 8 different files

Don't know why I didn't have the anesthetic or why it didn't hurt. Maybe it was the pain I had got used to as it was about 2 weeks I had to put up with it.