Root canal treatment
What is RCT?
Root canal is a simple and absolutely conservative procedure to repair and save a badly damaged, carious or infected tooth instead of removing it. The term ‘root canal ’comes from cleaning of the canals inside a tooth’s root. if you have a severe toothache/ severe sensitivity/ any swelling in your gum or extra oral swelling, you might have decay or fracture that has involved the nerve of the tooth. To treat this condition, we need to perform root canal treatment to give you relief from the pain. During the procedure, we remove the carious or decayed part and create an access in your tooth to reach the infected root canal and nerve. Then, we remove the infection and clean the area. Next, we fill the inside of the canal with a gutta-percha compound. Finally, a filling followed by a dental crown is placed atop the tooth to protect it while it heals.
Symptoms – When should you consider rct?
- Deep caries that has involved the tooth’s nerve causing severe and spontaneous
pain - Fractured or cracked tooth
- Severe sensitivity while having cold or hot food and beverages
- Severe attrition or abrasion (loss of enamel of tooth)
- Traumatic injury to the teeth or jaw
- Tooth infection leading to swelling on gums or outside of face
Why should you consider RCT with Santra’s dental ?
- With our wealth of experience and expertise we can assure our patients a soothing and painless procedure with minimal or no post op discomfort.
- We take less or minimal number of sittings to complete the treatment (maximum 20 to 30min in each sitting)
- With our high end modern equipments, we can complete the rct without any pain in just only one sitting. (depending on the severity of infections)
- We deliver accuracy in the treatment with digital xrays and discuss every step in detail with our patients.
- Detailed postoperative instructions are provided and continuous post op follow up is done by our doctor himself/herself.
Why should you consider RCT with Santra’s dental ?
- With our wealth of experience and expertise we can assure our patients a soothing and painless procedure with minimal or no post op discomfort.
- We take less or minimal number of sittings to complete the treatment (maximum 20 to 30min in each sitting)
- With our high end modern equipments, we can complete the rct without any pain in just only one sitting. (depending on the severity of infections)
- We deliver accuracy in the treatment with digital xrays and discuss every step in detail with our patients.
- Detailed postoperative instructions are provided and continuous post op follow up is done by our doctor himself/herself.
Symptoms – When should you consider rct?
- Deep caries that has involved the tooth’s nerve causing severe and spontaneous
pain - Fractured or cracked tooth
- Severe sensitivity while having cold or hot food and beverages
- Severe attrition or abrasion (loss of enamel of tooth)
- Traumatic injury to the teeth or jaw
- Tooth infection leading to swelling on gums or outside of face
Our process
Regular root canal treatment – usually we complete the treatment in two sitting with interval of 4 to 5 days in between. If the tooth is severely infected with pus formation, then it might take one extra sitting to complete.
Single sitting root canal treatment – With our advancement in dentistry and all the latest technologies root canal treatment can be completed in a single sitting. But it depends on the severity of infection which can be finalized after detailed radiographic evaluation of that diseased tooth. It will take one to one and half hour to complete the single sitting root canal treatment. After completion of single sitting root canal, we give one week time to heal the tooth completely. Finally, after a week crown placement is done.
Re Root Canal Treatment – It is required when the root canal treatment has been done elsewhere but failed or not done properly causing recurring pain and infection. We complete RE RCT in 2 to 3 sittings.
Frequently asked questions
No, nowadays with advanced and high-end equipment rct is done absolutely painlessly.
Usually, we complete rct in 2 sittings. Sometimes it may require 2 to 4 sitting if the intensity of the infection is severe. Although nowadays rct can be done in single sitting also.
(Depending on the severity of infections)
Yes, patient can use their rct treated teeth like before.
With proper hygiene practice patients can prevent the chances of reinfections. We teach our patients how to maintain good oral hygiene and suggest them to go for a dental scaling in every 6 months. Negligence in maintaining oral care can lead to reinfection.
Don’t chew very hard food until the crown is placed. Don’t delay the crown placement once the rct is completed. More delay can cause fracture of the tooth structure.
After rct and crown fixation use dental floss and interdental brushes to keep the tooth healthy.
Go for dental scaling in every 6 months to avoid chances of reinfections.
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