Does it hurt much? I need a root canal but, like the knee surgery they say I need, I'm puttin' it off indefinitely. Just maximize sanitation. It doesn't hurt though. The tooth I mean. The knee hurts all the time. Lotta people say you're better off pullin' it and gettin' a bridge and not screwin' with a root canal at all. Logic is: It's a dead organ layin' around your head slowly rotting. Come to think of it I have one of those but it's not a tooth, not quite dead yet and I keep it soaked in alcohol to inhibit, but obviously not stop, the decay.