What is a Dental Root Canal Root Canal Treatment Main Steps

What is a dental root canal? Dental root canal treatment is commonly known as plugging the tooth. Dental root canals are a "tooth-saving project". The dentist will extract the necrotic nerves and blood vessels from the pulp of the tooth with a microfabricated instrument, fill the hollow pulp with a filling, and then seal it with a filling material. Root canal therapy is a treatment process for lesions of the tooth, pulp, and root tip. Root canal therapy is a treatment that removes the necrotic material from the root canal, disinfects it appropriately, and fills the root canal to remove the undesirable irritation of the root canal contents on the periapical tissues, preventing the development of periapical lesions or promoting the healing of periapical lesions. Indications for dental root canal treatment include: 1) very deep cavities; 2) teeth affected by periodontal disease; 3) teeth with pierced pulp; 4) lifeless teeth; 5) fractured teeth; and 6) severely abraded teeth. The main steps of a dental root canal. Dental root canal procedures usually involve three basic steps: root canal preparation, root canal sterilization, and root canal filling. The process of dental endodontics is that the doctor uses instruments specialized for dental endodontics to prevent the occurrence of periapical lesions or to promote the healing of periapical disease by thoroughly removing the infected pulp as well as the infected dentin and toxic decomposition products, and by tightly filling the root canals to isolate bacteria from entering the root canals and reinfecting them. In the process of dental root canal treatment, Newbridge Dental experts often require the affected teeth to take X-rays before, during and after dental root canal treatment to help diagnose, understand the location of the pulp chamber and the number and shape of the root canals, measure the working length of the root canals and provide a basis for comparison for follow-up and evaluation of the efficacy of the treatment in the future. Dental root canal surgery is not always a one-time completion of the treatment, Xinqiao dental experts often according to the patient's clinical examination, step by step treatment, in general, dental root canal treatment is divided into 2-4 visits to complete. Due to the complexity of dental root canal treatment, especially the location of the posterior teeth in the oral cavity, as well as the number of root canals and the complexity of the morphology, the doctor must be familiar with the anatomical knowledge of the structure of the tooth and skillful operation techniques, and at the same time, need to be dedicated supporting dental root canal treatment instruments and equipment and materials, so the posterior teeth of the dental root canal treatment is more time-consuming and the cost of a relatively higher. During or after the completion of root canal treatment, there may be transient discomfort, usually taking anti-inflammatory or painkillers can be relieved, localized swelling and pain should be notified to the doctor to deal with, the tooth is more brittle after treatment, it is best to carry out the best set of crowns, to prevent the tooth from cracking, to extend the life of the tooth.