What is a root canal? Learn more about this compound yet comfortable procedure that can relieve your pain and save your natural tooth. Root canal treatment is the solution to your infected tooth nerves. Get the treatment done asap to avoid any further dreadful pain. 

If your dentist or endodontist prescribes you for a root canal, then do not worry at all. Anaesthesia is the blessing which results in pain-free root canal treatment. A root canal is often done to protect damaged or diseased tooth. Many teeth are treated and saved by our expert dentists at Global Dental Centre through the root canal, every year. Our dentists earnestly work in your service, to relieve the pain and making the teeth healthy again. We have the best dentists of Indore at your services. They are experts in dentistry and retain good command over dental procedures and treatments. 

Deep infected and damaged teeth can be easily healed through root canal treatment. Often people consider root canal as a painful process, but to your surprise with the advancement in technology and modification in science root canal has become easy and painless. Within 2-3 sitting depending on how worse is your teeth condition, root canal treatment can be winded up. However understanding that root canal may occur due to decay in the tooth is just not enough, one should also know the reasons of decay formation on the tooth, how to avoid such situation and what precautions should be taken is also of much importance.

How does decay start?

A root canal helps to treat tooth decay, which progresses over several stages like:

Infection: The tooth becomes infected, or abscessed when the decay goes beyond the enamel and progresses to the dentin or the layer underneath the enamel.

Deep impact: The decay reaches the nerve structure of the tooth, which is called pulp.

No going back: At this point, the inflammation that has been caused by the decay in the tooth is irreversible. The decay causes the nerve structure to get worse.

Not-so-swell: As this happens, chemicals are released that can cause an infection at the tip of the root, leading to pain and swelling. This is typically the point at which the toothache becomes prominent.

Calling for help: The patient will usually seek a dentist who can help relieve the pain and treat the tooth with root canal therapy.

Because a root canal procedure is complex and must be performed properly, you should choose an expert dentist who has experience dealing with root canals.

“Root canal” – The Treatment of several visits-

Root canal treatment requires multiple dental visits. Depending on the condition, these visits can be managed.

The dentist will examine the tooth condition through a vivid X-Ray, depending on how worse is the tooth condition, medications and antibiotics are prescribed. The first step of the root canal progresses with local anaesthesia administered to the infected tooth. Usually, a dental dam is placed over the affected tooth to restrain it from getting isolated and also to keep it saliva free. To proceed further with pulpectomy, the endodontist opens the back of the crown of a front tooth, molar or pre-molar to remove the diseased pulp. Further, the dentist cleans the pulp chamber and root canals properly and prepares it for the fillings. With fillings, the area of infected tooth is covered and sealed. 

In case the root canal treatment is to be carried out through more than one sitting, then a temporary filling is placed in the crown opening to protect the tooth from further infection during the treatment. This temporary filling is removed, and permanent tooth fillings are replaced into the canals and are sealed with cement. For structural support, sometimes a metal or plastic rod is placed into the canal. Finally, a crown is placed over the tooth to restore its natural shape and appearance. If the tooth is broken, a post may be required to build it up prior to placing a crown.

In the past, the root canal was considered to be a painful procedure, but not anymore. Today, with advanced anaesthesia options and surgical techniques – a root canal is as comfortable as getting a filling. An infected tooth, is usually what causes tooth pain, and a root canal is a solution to this problem. Infected tooth pulp can cause a tooth abscess and can destroy the bone surrounding the tooth. However, a treated and restored tooth can last a lifetime with proper care. 

Root canals are less expensive than the alternate options of treatment like extraction and replacement with a bridge or dental implant. Root canal treatment in Indore at Global Dental Centre also has a high success rate. But tooth decay can still occur in treated teeth if good oral hygiene and regular dental exams are not maintained.

To determine the success or failure of root canal treatment, dentists typically compare new X-rays with those taken prior to treatment. This comparison will show whether bone continues to be lost or is being regenerated.

In the case of a root canal, a failure occurs when an infection develops inside the tooth again because the treatment was not carried out with attention and precautions, or the original infection was not fully removed. In these cases, an apicoectomy is performed where the infection and the root tip are removed and a filling is placed. Other times a re-root canal is recommended.  To avoid such aggravating situations, consult the best dentist in Indore. Visit at Global Dental Centre for better dental treatments, we are the pioneer in dentistry. We emerge as the leading dental clinic of Indore having the cluster of the best dentists with us.