Item: Rooting out our dental fears: Week aims to take stigma out of root canals/Heather Lalley, Spokesman-Review

More Info: It's become a cliché: "That was worse than a root canal." "I'd rather have a root canal than do that." "That was more fun than a root canal." And, frankly, the men and women who perform root canals every day – the endodontists – are sick of your whining. So, the American Association of Endodontists has proclaimed this week the first-ever Root Canal Awareness Week to spread the word that this most-feared of dental procedures really isn't all that bad.

Question: What's really worse than a root canal?

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