Root Canal Treatment

A rootcanal treatment is a procedure undergone especially to save a tooth when it is infected and painful. Toothache is known to be one of the most unbearable pain in one person’s life. In olden days a painful tooth is always been removed by the dentist to relieve the pain, but after the recent innovation of rootcanal treatment even a badly broken and painful tooth can also be cured ,saved and retained painless life long.

How successful is the treatment?

The success of the treatment depends on the skill of the dentist ,hence a root canal specialist (endodontist) can ofcourse make the treatment painless and successful. Due to the recent techniques followed by the endodontists(root canal specialist) a treatment can be successful even for a life time.

Is a rootcanal treatment painful?

Earlier a rootcanal treatment used to take atleast 3 or 4 appointments and was painful and required repeated local anaesthetic injections. Due to the evolution of recent technology like rotary endodontics and proper intracanal medicaments the treatment can be made completely painless.

How many appointments are required for the treatment and how long does it take?

Earlier the treatment takes more than 3 or 4 appointments,but nowadays the treatment can be done in just 1 appointment within ½ an hour to 45mins.

What are the postoperative care required after a rootcanal treatment?

After the treatment the tooth appears to be weak hence a crown is mandatory after the treatment, once the crown is fixed one can use his tooth normally without any diet restrictions.

Will it be painfull after the rootcanal treatment procedure??

As previously mentioned, due to the recent techniques practiced by the rootcanal specialists(endodontists) even the pain after the treatment is very much less or atimes its not even felt by the patient .Hence the patient can immediately do his routine work after undergoing the treatment.