Where is the anesthesia?
Before you proceed... WARNING: things might be a little GROSS... for SOME people!
This video of how a root canal is performed was posted back in 2011. But, Interesting Engineering recently reposted it on Facebook and it's giving everyone nightmares.
NOPE.
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First things first, the video claims that an average root canal begins with a standard drill to access the inside of the tooth.
Nothing looks ~standard~ about this... it looks painful AF.
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Next, the dentist uses files to get in there good and get all the bad stuff out of your tooth.
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