Root Canal Treatment

Root canal treatment means cleaning and filling the infected nerves in the canals of the teeth. Cracks and fractures that cause the loss of nerve and vascular vitality in the tooth are considered to be the most basic reasons for this. Tooth decay, improper treatments and restorations are also a few other reasons that may require root canal treatment.

Root Canal Treatment

  • You will not feel pain with the first anesthesia.
  • The decay is cleaned or the broken part is removed and the nerves of the tooth are exposed.
  • Nerves and tissues in the root of the tooth are cleaned
  • Root canal is shaped to root tip
  • X-rays are taken to determine the root canal length.
  • Between sessions, a dressing containing medication is prepared and placed to heal the root and root tip.
  • In order to the drug to work properly, a temporary composite is placed.
  • At the end of the root canal treatment, the canal is filled up to the root tip with a special bonding material to completely close the canal.

Fragility Of Teeth Receiving Root Canal Treatment

As the tooth loses its vitality as a result of root canal treatment, it becomes more fragile. There is also a lot of material loss in teeth during root canal treatment and increases the fragility of it. It is recommended that the tooth is crowned to strengthen it following the completion of the treatment.

Canal Renewal

The success rate of root canal treatments performed under sterile conditions and correctly is between 90-95%. If there is no nerve tissue left during the treatment, in cases where the root canal filling and top filling are not done adequately, microorganisms leak into the canal, perforation or fractures during the treatment, causing the failure of the root canal treatment.

An unsuccessful root canal treatment can be noticed by pain in the teeth, spontaneous pain, swelling and redness at the root tip. The treatment must be repeated. Should this process be insufficient, the apical surgery(root-end resection) method is applied, the root tip is reached surgically, the infection is cleaned and closed.