[Lilly]

I had root canal treatment a few months ago. I had it done over two appointments which were supposed to be a couple of weeks apart. In between the first and second appointment an infection set in and it was the most stomach churning, buttock clenching agony I have been in since childbirth!

Of course the day the agony peaked had to be a bank holiday didn't it?
Luckily I have private dental care, my dentist was actually closed but I rang the emergency number and the on call dentist for the scheme came and opened her practice for me. This was in Burnley but I wasn't bothered...the pain I was in, I would have travelled further if it meant getting it sorted.

She confirmed that an infection had set in. She cleaned it out, injected it with a strong painkiller and gave me a prescription for strong painkiller tablets. I felt much better after this.

The following day I went to see my own dentist to tell him what had happened and he recommended bringing the second appointment forward and I had the root canal finished off the next day. As soon as the job was finished I had no more pain at all....thank God.