Root Canal Treatment – What is Endodontics?
First of all, it should be known that no artificial tooth can replace a natural tooth. Therefore, we should protect our natural teeth by treating them to the fullest. When one of our teeth becomes sick, one of the most well-known protection methods is root canal treatment. Root canal treatment helps protect damaged teeth. When the pulp (the soft layer inside the tooth containing nerves, blood, and lymph vessels) is damaged to the point where it cannot repair itself, the pulp dies. This is usually caused by bacteria in broken teeth or deep cavities. Bacteria cause inflammation in the core of the tooth. If the damaged or diseased pulp is not removed, the tooth and surrounding tissues will be exposed to infection and you may eventually lose your tooth completely.
Root canal treatment is a treatment method applied in cases where the pulp is damaged. In previous years, when a diseased soft tooth layer was encountered, the only solution was extraction, but today it is possible to treat these teeth.
How is Root Canal Treatment Performed?
First of all, anesthesia is applied to the tooth to ensure a painless and ache-free treatment.
Then, the tooth decay is cleaned and when the tooth core is reached, the diseased and soft tissue is removed. Nerve and tissue residues are cleaned.
In between sessions, the tooth is covered with temporary dental filling materials until the tooth heals. After it is understood that the inflammation has stopped reproducing and the inflammation from the root tip has stopped, the inside of the canal is filled with a special dental filling material up to the root tip and the crown part is restored with a filling, porcelain filling (inlay) or crown coating to prevent it from breaking and decaying again.
In some cases, these sessions are not necessary at all and it is possible to complete the root canal treatment healthily in a single session.