Root canal treatment often conjures up a frightening picture in your mind, of pain, sharp instruments and multiple visits to the dentist. However, with recent advances in dentistry, root canal treatment is not only painless, but also in most cases, can be done in one sitting.If left unattended the decay in the tooth spreads to the inner layers of the tooth, affects the nerve and then breaks open the bony wall surrounding the tip of the root. Pus accumulates and the tooth becomes painful and tender to touch. In case of teeth that have suffered traumatic injury; the force of the impact itself sometimes damages the nerve of the involved tooth. As a result, the nerve gets infected resulting in severe pain. In such cases root canal treatment is advised.
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Indication for root canal treatment are :
Extensive Decay / Cavity.
Trauma / Blow to a tooth.
Discolored tooth.
Pus formation
Attrition / abrasion
Fractured tooth
Prolonged dental sensitivity
Failed dental fillings
Teeth with severe gum diseases
What exactly is Root Canal Treatment :
Basically a tooth is made up of three layers of tissue. The 2 outer hard tissues are enamel and dentin. and the innermost soft tissue layer is called as the pulp.The pulp resides inside the root canals. This dental pulp contains of nerves , blood vessels , ground substance , interstitial fluid and other cellular components. The pulpal tissue is responsible for the pain and the sensitivity that we feel with the tooth.
When this pulpal tissue is inflamed/diseased/infected due to the above mentioned reasons , root canal treatment is the treatment of choice.
Steps involved in root canal treatment:
Local Anesthesia administration : The tooth to be treated is numbed so that no pain is felt during the treatment
Access cavity preparation: This involves removal of carious/infected tooth portion and creating an access into the pulpal tissue
Cleaning , disinfection and shaping : The infected pulpal tissue and debris is cleaned and the root canals are disinfected and shaped so as to receive a suitable filling.
Obturation : This is the filling and sealing of the cleaned and shaped root canal space with bio-compatible material.
Permanent filling : Once the root canal space is filled , a permanent filling is done in the access cavity.
Crown Placement : After every root canal treatment , a crown is mandatory to give the tooth the required strength and avoid re-infection of the tooth
Painless Root Canal Treatment at Dr. Karve’s Dentech:
We focus on super advanced single-sitting painless root canal treatments. Almost all the root canals are performed in one sitting.
Average treatment duration : 45 minutes
Multiple root canal treatments can be done in a single sitting.
For accurate diagnosis , we have the facilities of digital X-rays. We have in-house RVG and OPG(full mouth radiograph).
We have an option of painless , patented and computerized local anesthesia delivery system to numb the tooth before starting with the treatment. This technology replaces syringes and those long needles which are the most frightening part of the treatment for patients.
The root canals need to be cleaned and filled to the very apex of the root. We use the technology of Apex Locators to determine the exact length of the root thereby ensuring precision.
Once the exact root length is known , the root canals are cleaned and shaped with Endomotors which is a rotary device instead of hand instrumentation.
The best quality disinfectants and irrigants are used inside the root canals for disinfection. Similarly , top quality filling materials are used to fill the root canals as well as the access cavity.
We use state-of-the-art technology for crown preparation. We no longer take physical impressions , instead we scan the tooth/teeth just like clicking pictures. Later the crowns are digitally designed and milled using CAD-CAM technology. This gives us an accuracy of 10microns and we deliver these perfect crowns within 24 hours.
