Has anybody ever had a procedure with waterlase? Was it really painless, and did you have to get Novocain?

[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM. Reason : damn apple autocorrect ]

5/27/2012 11:59:29 PM

nobody really?

5/28/2012 4:15:26 PM

I've never even heard of this

5/28/2012 4:20:49 PM

^

5/28/2012 6:07:08 PM

wikipedia doesn't even know what this is

5/28/2012 9:21:51 PM

What's the game, OP?

5/28/2012 9:55:12 PM

Biolase is the company that makes the waterlase dental drill. it's basically a steady stream of water that uses laser to cut through hard and soft tissue. there's no heat, no drill whine, no friction so supposedly you can get a cavity filled, or maybe even a root canal, with no novocaine or anything. Greenlee dentistry is one in Raleigh. I was considering it for fillings but was wondering if it was really as pain free as they say. there are videos of people going under it with no novocaine doing well

5/28/2012 10:00:41 PM

There's still a nerve in there though. I don't see how changing what you cut the tooth with makes it not hurt.

5/28/2012 10:25:01 PM

the nerve is exposed in a root canal, but not for fillings. the idea is that there's no friction or heat so it minimizes the pain, thus no need for novocaine. Oprah had some 10 years olds getting fillings without it and they were fine. I'm sure for root canals you still need the nv

5/29/2012 12:42:31 AM

I'll ask my dentist....aka my mom....and let you know.

5/29/2012 2:05:48 AM

I had some kinda sand blaster water thing used once on my tooth. STILL fucking hurt, i mean it hurt less, but about 1/2 the way through i was like fuck this noise give me the novicane.

5/29/2012 9:36:32 AM

^^sounds good, I'm curious to see how effective it really is. I'm a baby when it comes to dental work.

^ouch. yeah I think I'd still get the novocaine no matter what, the shot isn't the bad part imo

5/29/2012 12:20:20 PM

lol you watch Oprah

5/29/2012 12:40:21 PM

your root canal will fail. get an implant.

5/29/2012 6:10:37 PM

^^grandma told me about it

5/29/2012 8:27:03 PM