Root canal treatment os most commonly a painless procedure which will save your teeth from getting damaged due to infection or trauma. Every yera millions of teeth are saved and made functional by doing root canal tretament.
Let’s hear more about the treatmement. As name suggest this treatment involves rooot part of the tooth, rather more preciesly canal part of root, where nerve, blood vesseles are present. This part is called as pulp which keeps teeth alive. When it gets infected due to caries or trauma, root canal treatment is advised.
We at show your smile dental care center use latest technology to do pain free root canal treatment.
Before starting the treatment, we describe step by step procedure to the patiemt with the help of video animation and pictures and make you comfortable for pain free treatment.most of the times, procedure is completed in one or two appointments, in very few cases due to infection , one may require few more appointments.
We start treatment by applyimng anaesthetic gel to make anaesthetic injection prick painless, then with the latest machine we cleanthe canal part and fill up with material called “ gutta percha”, which stays life long and it prevents any further infection from going down. Root canal treatment is completed over here
Then filling is done to restore tooths natural shape, it is calleed “core build up”.most root canal teeth requires crowns, onlays, inlays for support ,due to the damage caused by caries or trauma which may make tooth brittle and can further damage remaining tooth structure. Crown takes care of such problems.
As mentioned earlier, milk teeth are pathways for permanent tooth eruption, in case of severe caries or swelling due to infection, root canal treatment of milk teeth is done to save tooth. As per area specification, metal or ceramic caps or crowns are advised to strenthen the remaining toooth.
Root canal treatment and crown is completely safe procedure in kids, generally is done under local anaesthesia or in some cases sedation anaesthesia.
Treatment protocols may veru if child is having pre existing illness, which parents needs to inform to treating doctor before start of any treatment.