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Do you know what gutta-percha is?

Gutta percha is the substance that is used to fill the tooth to prevent reinfection. Gutta percha is a thermoplastic filling that is heated and then pressed into the tooth canals. It is derived from a Malaysian plant and used as a permanent filling for your tooth..

You use bleach to clean things! Endodontists use a special bleach to clean your roots!!
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Sodium hypochlorite is a bleaching agent commonly used during root canal treatment to clean the canals and pulp chamber of a tooth to dissolve any bacteria present.

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Your dentist’s goal will be one of treating the entire length of each of your tooth’s root canals but not beyond. Doing so is not only important for creating treatment success but also helps to minimize complications with post-operative pain.
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Meeting this goal means that your dentist must measure the length of each of your tooth’s root canals. This measurement is typically calculated to a tolerance of/has an accuracy of 1/2 millimeter (about 1/50th of an inch)