What is "root canal treatment" in dental surgery?

They save a tooth that is decayed by removing the Nerve- and other matter, then they make a bite impression and create a Crown that fits on top of the Tooth. Its expensive, I had two of them, and it can hurt like hell.

What is "root canal treatment" in dental surgery?
they will put poison in nerve of your tooth and then remove it and clean it and put some medicine to kill all the infection this infected nerve caused and after put filling in root canal and normal filling on your tooth. u might need to go to dentist several times for that
Reply:Basically it is done when the pulpal tissue becomes infected. The procedure is to drill into the crown (top) of the tooth to reach the pulpal cavity and the then use special tools called files to scrape the infected tissue out. Finally a wood material called Gutta Percha is heated and packed into the cavity. Then an amalgam or porcelain filling is placed in the crown to seal it.
Reply:They save a tooth that is decayed by removing the Nerve- and other matter, then they make a bite impression and create a Crown that fits on top of the Tooth. Its expensive, I had two of them, and it can hurt like hell.
Reply:A root canal treatment is "basically" the act of taking out the contents from the center of the root, all the way to the tippy end, and then sealing the hollow space with a filling material. Many people say that they "had the root removed" from a tooth, but root canal treatment treats the CANAL in the center of the tooth.





Usually, it is required when the tissue inside the center of the tooth (ie: in the root canal) is diseased or dead. This is usually the result of an infection caused by tooth decay that has gone "all the way to the nerve." The idea here is to eliminate the infection by removing the tissue. The next goal is to smooth out the inside of the canal(s) so that a filling material can pass freely to the end of the tooth to seal it off. Once it is sealed off, it is no longer a source of infection to your body. Your natural immune system will continue to fight off any infection that may have entered the bone and eventually your body will heal. Some people need antibiotics to help in this fight, but they are not always necessary.





Any pain after the procedure is NOT from inside the tooth. It is from the swelling and infection in the bone at the end of the tooth. Taking the nerve out (or what remains of the nerve) is just done so that we can seal the end of the tooth so that the body can heal the damage in the bone. This takes a while. Root canal treatment is not a magic wand that instantly makes you feel better. It is just the first step in what will then allow your body to heal. The healing can take a while, especially if you had a good sized abscess on the tooth.





In back teeth, it is generally recommended to have a crown placed over the tooth to protect it from breaking, as teeth that have had root canal treatment tend to dry out somewhat and become more brittle and susceptible to breaking. Front teeth are often strong enough to go without a crown, but sometimes they need a crown, too.





Yeah, it can hurt, maybe 1 out of 10 times. That 1 guy where it hurts probably waited until the tooth was already really killing him before he went for treatment. I tell my patients that root canal treatments are like teenagers. 9 out of 10 are no problem at all, but you always hear about the bad ones.





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