Endodontics
Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics): Saving Solution For Your Teeth

What Is Endodontics?
Endodontics and vessel package the nerve inside the tooth (pulp) is a major branch of science that deal with the treatment of. Popularly known as a “root canal is also known as” this process, which is one of the most feared dental treatments, although now extremely comfortable and painless anesthesia and implemented in a way today's technological opportunities.
The main objective of root canal treatment, causing severe pain or infection instead of pulling out, by treating the patient's own natural teeth in the mouth to keep and use for many years to provide.
Dental anatomy and pus formation
Out-for a better understanding of the layers you need to look at:
- Mine: The tooth visible in the mouth, the body of the hardest layer.
- Dent: Located under the enamel, and the nerve endings that transmit pain that hosts the layer.
- Pulp: Located in the innermost part of the tooth, the tooth is a package of the vitality of vessels and nerve.
The acids and bacteria in the mouth over time, eroding the enamel and causes tooth decay. Untreated caries into dentine, and from there a nerve (nerve) arrives. At this stage, the bacteria infect the nerves and can cause severe pain and inflammation. Also a strong impact from the outside (trauma) or advanced gum disease can also cause inflammation and lose the vitality of the pulp.
Symptoms Of Infection
A tooth needs a root canal to suggest that the basic signs are:
- Not exceeding sensitivity to hot and cold foods.
- Especially at night increased the pain throbbing in style.
- Eating, or pain that occurs during chewing.
- The teeth from occurring in excessive discoloration (bruising/grilesme).
- In advanced cases, swelling of the face and root abscess formation.
Important Note: Formation of the tooth, swelling of your face, doesn't mean it should be removed. This is a myth from the past. Even with the support of a large right canal therapy and pharmaceuticals can be recovered and infected teeth may remain in the mouth in a healthy way.
Root Canal Treatment Step By Step
Treatment and healing process
Kemal GÜNÇİÇEK
Oğuzhan UZUNOGLU
Gülşen KIRKBEŞOĞLU
Buse ŞENOL
Ezgi ÖZBEN
Stages Of Root Canal Treatment
Today, in one session vivid teeth, infected teeth, which is usually completed in two sessions, the process works as follows:
- Diagnosis and Anesthesia: The problematic tooth is detected with radiography. The area is completely numbed by applying a local anesthetic; the patient does not feel pain during the procedure.
- Cleaning: Cleaned the rotten tissues inside the tooth nerve chamber (treatment) is reached.
- Insulation: A “rubber dam” called the work area is isolated from the outside with a rubber cover so that they remain sterile.
- Channel Forming: Electronic devices infected by the bacteria in the root canal Rotary instruments and nervous tissue and is completely cleared.
- Disinfection: Washed with a special solution is purified from microorganisms and channels. (If the tooth is infected with a temporary filling while you may have to wait if the drug loading and Channel).
- Filling: Cleaned with a special filling material to seal the channels that allows the root to the tip is filled.
- Restoration: At the last stage, the tooth repaired with a filling or coating is restored to the upper part of aesthetics and function.
What To Expect After Treatment?
For a few days following root canal treatment, your tooth is pressed onto a slight tenderness, or it is normal to feel pain. This is a part of the healing process and passes spontaneously in a short time. Nowadays made with the right techniques the success rate of root canal treatment is over 90%.
