Most painful dental procedure ?

I want to experience a horrible and extreme painful drilling with a retractor holding my mouth while I am also restrained from a female dentist

I surmise that you like the notion/fantasy idea of this happening, but would not be pleased at all if it were to actually happen.

Fooling around with retractors and mouth clamps does seem to be a thing though. I've seen pix and vids of mainly Japanese actors doing this. But not with anything truly painful involved.

Same experience as @Denise - the novocaine shots hurt more than the procedures.

I had been doing pretty well lately until late this spring when I broke my left side wisdom tooth and knew I was going to need a crown. I too find the initial Novocain injection to be the the most jarring part of the procedure. When I called to make the appointment I finally asked if they had nitrous as I have read many accounts of it basically cutting down on the pain and anxiety for the injection. They said they did and it would be no problem to start with it. Well I did find I was able to keep my mouth open and the injection was relatively uneventful. I was aware of it but it did not phase me. Once the injections were completed then the nitrous was stopped. When it came time to install the crown, that too required an injection and I went with nitrous again. In fact, they had noted on my record my preference so I did not have to ask.

I would say it's rather close between an extraction and a root canal. My worst ever pain though was a split molar. I had a molar on the upper left that had decay under a filling that weakened the tooth. I bit down on something hard and it split right down the middle like a piece of firewood. UTTER AGONY!

If you have pain during a dental procedure, get a new dentist!! There is absolutely no reason to experience pain during a dental procedure.

I have had multiple root canals, caps and fillings. I cannot really feel much pain from a tooth if there is something wrong with it and that's why I always keep up with dental care. Multiple different dentists are amazed at how much work they can do in my mouth without the use of Novocaine.

The most painful dental procedure that I remember was when I was very young the local town dentist would do dental work with drills that were a series of mechanical arms all hooked together with a series of small belts that ran the drill. The types of dental chairs you see in museums today. The drills ran at a very slow speed and usually would stop multiple time's while drilling on my teeth. It felt like a small jack hammer in my mouth and it my entire head would rattle anytime they were drilling on my teeth and it was very painful. Perhaps it destroyed some of the nerves it my mouth and made my mouth less sensitive.

In childhood i was so scared of syringe so always ask to do all fillings without numbing. It was not feel good, but it was definitely not the worst time in my life. Since then, I periodically think that if all the drilling takes 5-10 minutes, then it is more profitable to endure it than to walk around for 4 hours with a numb face.

Extractions or orthodontic applications or adjustments.