What`s Root Canal Therapy? 

Root Canal Therapy is extracting a nerve from tooth that helps damaged tooth and help inflamed tooth, where this technique targets the nerve of the tooth that exists in the dental root, this consists of blood vessels and nerves.

This procedure depends on extracting the pulp that suffers from inflammation or damaged, then the dentist cleans the surrounding area of the nerve, finally the tooth is cleaned and filled.

Some cases the dentist needs to treat damaged tooth without extracting it to keep occlusion and chewing too, and the dentist keeps other teeth from any pressure and keep the smile natural.

Root Canal Therapy Steps:

1. Root canal therapy can be performed in one session and some cases need three sessions at most, before the surgery, the dentist makes x-ray on teeth, to determine root canal and determine if there is an inflammation or not, after putting local anesthesia.
2. Then the dentist puts a rubber tool around the tooth to isolate it from other teeth and protect it from saliva because it contains bacteria, to protect tooth from infection during the procedure.
3. After that, the dentist opens the tooth through using a drill to reach damaged nerve and the pulp, the the dentist extracts the nerve and cleans the tooth from inside.
4. The dentist prepares the filling to fill the canal before closing the root, and this after taking measurements of the tooth.
5. The dentist places the crown on the tooth -especially for teeth that suffer from erosion.
6. The crown may need several weeks or months to manufactured.
7. The dentist may place a temporary crown till the permanent is manufactured.

Side Effect for Root Canal Therapy:

Sometimes, not all root canals get treatment, as well as they may get inflamed, the fillings may not enter inside the tooth or molar well. This causes inflammation or pain again, sometimes the tooth color changed after therapy and be darker, tools may cause a break in the tooth root. It also causes bigger problem and makes the dentist perform a complicated surgery.

Root Canal Treatment 

 Damaged Root Canal Complications:

• Root canal damaged causes pus and severe pain in the tooth.
• Sometimes it causes sores and they may spread in skin.
• Some patients suffer from swelling and it may spread to the neck, face, and head.
• Patient can suffer from bone erosion in the surrounding area of injured tooth.

Damaged Root Canal Symptoms:

• When the patient feels pain during eating or drinking hot or cold drinks.
• He suffers from root canal damaged, the tooth is shaking also.
• He may suffer from pain during closing his mouth or during chewing, swelling also in the area of the damaged tooth, pus in the damaged tooth, and the tooth will turn into dark color.

Prevent from Damaged Root Canal:

1. The patient must clean his teeth with suitable tooth brush and tooth paste that contain fluoride.
2. It is preferable to use mouth wash daily, the patient must reduce sweets and drinks that harm teeth like soft drinks.
3. Avoid completely smoking because it harms teeth.
4. Avoid also any bad habits that harm teeth like biting nails and opening cans with teeth.
5. The patient must follow up with the dentist to treat any decay before getting worse.
6. It is preferable to clean your teeth at clinics.

Tooth Case after Root Canal Therapy:

• The tooth may be healthy for 20 year after root canal therapy, but it depends on several factors.
• The most important is getting the surgery correctly, and the tooth that get the treatment, and it depends on the pressure on the tooth that get treatment.
• The tooth case differs according to the way of treatment and the tooth condition before the therapy.
• The condition of the filling affects on the tooth case after treatment.

Pain after Root Canal Therapy:

Patients think that pain will disappear after root canal therapy, but in fact pain can last for while, where pain is natural thing that will disappear after while, but in case patient feels pain he must tell his dentist.

Root Canal Therapy Failed Reasons:

• The surgery may failed because of neglecting isolate the tooth during the procedure.
• A mistake in cleaning root canals can cause the procedure fail, not cleaning the whole decay will make the procedure fail.
• If the dentist does not place the filling correctly it will make the procedure fail.
• Also a mistake in placing the crown or the filling will make the procedure fail.

Root Canal Therapy Price:

The price of root canal therapy differs according to the tooth case before treatment, and it differs according to the skill and experience of the dentist. The cost differs according to the used materials and their quality. It varies according to the clinic and its hygiene.

Cosmetic Dentistry Pros in Turkey:

Turkey has many clinics and centers and they have the most advanced techniques and tools, centers are keen in hygiene and cleaning to avoid any infection, Turkey also has the most efficient and skilled dentists, and it is very easy to get Turkish visa, these centers provide all techniques of cosmetic dentistry, the cost of the treatment is affordable in comparing with the quality, centers in Turkey provide very skilled staff.

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Choosing the Suitable Dentist:

1. You must choose skilled dentist.
2. You must ensure his experience from previous procedures he did.
3. You must check his certifications, ensure that the center keens in hygiene and cleaning to avoid any infection.

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