My tooth hurt much more before the root canal than the root canal itself did. Ouch! I can still remember trying to eat just on one side of my mouth, and not drinking anything too hot or cold either BEFORE the root canal.

Afterwards, and even during, was a walk in the park in comparison!

I was at the dentist last week - just my regular cleaning/check-up, and my dentist and I were talking about such matters, and he said "dental pain" is unlike any other kind, and you cannot really predict from one person to the next what will hurt, and what won't. He's had people come in with cavities so bad that it made him wince to look at them, but one patient said, "No, my teeth didn't hurt, why do you ask?" Other patients might have a barely detectible cavity/problem, and will be in awful pain! It just varies person to person, says Dr. Savitt!

Hope your tooth hurts less and less by the minute, Lalaina! Go give your pooch a good tummy rub, it'll distract you, and make him happy at the same time!