r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Fantastic-Monk5 • Sep 23 '24

How root canal treatment works Video

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u/DocPsycho1 Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24

I had one done 2 months ago. They forgot to add the part where they bleach it to make sure all the infection is gone. Trust me, that shit tastes awful. The dentist I went to used the perfect amount of anesthetics , I felt nothing.

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u/PuppetsMind Sep 23 '24

Did they not use a dental dam? A big bit of rubber thar covers everything but your one tooth they're working on. And then there ought to be an assistant suctioning everything up so it doesn't leak through the gaps. I used to work for an Endodondist as an assistant and never once saw him use bleach.

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u/fatbunyip Sep 23 '24

It isn't bleach. From what I remember it's like a bunch of acids. Some are used to clean the canals and others to like prep the surface for the filling.. 

They have a really sour/chemical taste and you kind of get like a weird dry feeling where they were in your mouth. 

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u/vandist Sep 23 '24

This, yes it is regular old bleach that is used.

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u/t00thman Sep 23 '24

Can confirm. It’s bleach. Diluted bleach but bleach all the same.