A lot has changed in a quarter century, Kendall. Nowadays them dentists don't even give you a bullet ta bite on -- they just prick you with a needle, shoot in some stuff, and before you know it you're drooling on your bib. If you're nervous, ask 'em for nitrous oxide (laughing gas) or extract of cannibis. They generally have the NO.

Actually, yesterday I had the prep work done to replace the crown on the root canal I had about 3 weeks back. I laid back in the chair and went to sleep (I can do that) while they worked on me -- there was a TV in the ceiling, but ESPN ain't my gig. The lidocaine wore off in a few hours and I was left with soreness, but no pain. I go back in a couple weeks to have the permanent crown put on.

This was on #19, and yes, there were four nerves.