[MHGinTN]

Actually, he kept saying there was 'no bleeding, which is good to see'. He even explained to me when I asked about that little kink out the bottom of the longest root that the kink would act as a plug to prevent anything entering back up into the canal! I was not encouraged at that explanation since my two previous root canals had nothing extending down past the end of the tooth canal showing on the z-rays following the procedures.

Will the permanent filling be applied over the gutta percha, or will he try to pull the percha and insert steel pins? The root canal was done down through a gold crown which is pretty much being left in place.

[NoGrayZone]

Kink? Did he put that kink in (MTA or IRM, forget which one they use when perforated).

The only kink I could think of is an apico...which acts like a plug at the end of a canal. But that usually hapens after an rct goes wrong, or if there is a problem, and they do it through your gum.

The gutta percha is what is filled into the now “empty” canals, where the nerves and pulp used to be. If you need a post, they do not remove all the gutta percha, only where the post is placed. That now acts as your “barrier”.

They may remove some of it, to place the post for the crown. Did your general dentist do the rct or a specialist?

[NoGrayZone]

This just hit me. Why the need for a plug if there was no bleeding? If there was no perforation, why the need for a plug to “act as a plug to prevent anything entering back up into the canal!”?