The dontist called me 2days later to see how I was doing which is when I was able to ask the questions I would have asked before if I had been informed of plan details (and choices.) LOL hard to ask for more specifics when your mouth is already pinned open. I am not sure english was his first language so there is that, too.
I wanted the filling fully removed before the root canal and washout began but he now told me he drilled a tiny microscopic hole down thru the top of the filling, then suctioned out the nerve mush, and then whatever solution was injected thru the hole, and then he put a plug of sorts over or into the hole. No post-cleanout beyond 'salt water.' No discharge instructions either.
He seemed to drill forever which I why I thought he had removed and refilled. It explains why this root canal is so different from what the oral surgeon did 40yrs ago.
My dentist though imo should have done a medicated washout as a matter of routine (and maybe did?) when she simply redid the filling and told me it didn't look good a month earlier.
My rtn appt with the dontist is mid August, 11 mos from when I first called for a dentist appt. Meanwhile I am brushing, gargleing, swishing, flossing, but no post-medication. The lump between my cheekbone and nostril seems to cycle-larger late afternoon and much improved in the morning.
Random question-A year ago I had switched to a highly waxed floss because my teeth are so tight together. I noticed the floss continually left little wax 'crumbs' between my teeth-would those become a route to infection?