Towards the end, I could sense some heat coming off something inserted in my tooth – I think this was probably serving to melt the gutta percha?
The last stage was doing the composite filling. This was done very thinly in lots of separate layers and the usual curing light was used multiple times. My bite was then checked on a strip of paper. I was advised to take nurofen for the jaw-joint as soon as I got home and I did so but I felt no need to take a second dose. This root canal treatment proved to be successful and I later had the tooth crowned. Teeth that have had root canal treatment are more brittle and a crown provides extra support and strength to the tooth, especially if it is a back tooth.
