Root Canal Treatment (RCT) certainly has a bad reputation - quite unjustified - for being very painful. If the pulp or "nerve" is inflammed before treatment, it can be difficult to numb it perfectly and this can indeed cause problems but there are ways round this too. But on the whole there's no problem! So don't worry! RCT is easier at the front than the back of the mouth for a number of reasons, so front root fillings are less likely to fail than back ones. Sometimes they do fail and a repeat may then needed and be successful. If this fails the end of the root can be cut off (sounds awful but isn't) and this is often then successful. This is called an 'apisectomy'. Good luck, *daylia*.

*Janine*