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Endodontics
Endodontics also
known as Root Canal Therapy is the treatment of necrotic pulp or nerve
tissue.
Deep cavities allow germs to infect the pulp or nerve tissue, which
results in the nerve dying. Trauma to a tooth can also cause a nerve
to die and then become infected. An infected tooth will never heal
on its own and it will only drag down the body’s immune system
allowing the infection to travel throughout the body. In severe cases,
people have died from infected teeth if not treated.
Root canal therapy is usually done in a two- appointment visit but
often only a one visit appointment is necessary, depending on the
case. The convenience of this one visit appointment can be credited
also with the recent advancement of rotary files and other techniques.
At the first visit a small opening is made in the tooth to gain access
to the pulp chamber. Dental files are used to carefully clean out
the infected pulp. The canal is cleaned with a solution and a temporary
filling is placed in the small opening of the tooth. At the second
visit the canal is cleansed again and a natural, rubber material,
called gutta percha is placed in the canal. A temporary filling will
be placed for a few weeks while the healing process is completed and
then a permanent restoration will be placed.
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