text: does it really actually hurt to get a root canal? because people always make it seem like torture...but don't they do stuff to stop the pain? i've had 2 so far. the first one i didn't feel at all. they numbed it up so i couldn't feel it. i was so comfortable i could of went to sleep. the second one had complications. the dentist couldn't get all the root out. it had calcified. he got out most of it but i could feel it when he was trying to get it out even though he numbed me up. i think it was cause of the complication. it was pain but not enough to make me cry. i just let him know i felt it.