>>I had a lovely root canal this morning. In spite of all the comedians telling us they'd rather have a root canal than meet their mother in law, it remains a painless procedure for me. How about you?
>Ever been offered an opportunity to see progress of the procedure as it was being done? That happened when I was getting the procedure done over at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Yes. I get to see the xrays and ask the dentist to tell me what he is doing as he works.