BIG day yesterday; root canal day 😱!
The procedure took about 1.5 hours, and it's quite the procedure for sure.
I was a bit nervous going in, as I am with most dental visits, even cleaning - my problems.
Turns out it was no big deal at all; there was literally no pain during and only a bit achy afterwards when the novocaine wore off.
Before procedure x-ray -
After procedure x-ray -
The white lines in the one tooth below, those are the now packed canals of where the roots of that tooth used to be. The endodontist packed the canals with a product called gutta-percha, which is a rubber-like material that was compressed, so it fit snuggly against the walls, and then an adhesive cement was used to further seal the canals.
Easy-peasy!
The next and last step is to go back to my regular dentist to have the new crown installed atop of the now rootless tooth.
I have SO much money invested in my mouth with all the dental work I've had these past ten years!
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