All That You Need to Know About Root Canal Treatment(Part 3)
Let us now continue our discussion from where we left off last week. This is on the other steps involved in a root canal procedure.
Now that the tooth is dead because then organic material inside the root canal has been removed, the tooth’s hard shell or enamel won’t be getting nutrients anymore.
The tooth is now more fragile than ever. A tooth that does not
have a pulp will not get nutrients to keep it healthy. However the tooth without any organic material is strong just like an abandoned seashell that can be found on a beach.
As time passes by, the tooth will become more brittle. This
the reason for the need of a filling and/or a crown over the tooth for
protection and to prevent the tooth from breaking apart.
Until the tooth that just undergone a root canal gets a crown, stay away from anything that require chewing or biting using the concerned tooth.
A patient will be given a temporary crown first while the dental laboratory works on the dental prosthetics that will replace the provisional one.
Usually, the treatment takes one session. Putting in a crown requires a separate appointment.
So how painful is a root canal?
Most patients are concerned of how painful a root canal treatment
can be. The fear of patients over root canal is exacerbated. It’s in fact one of patients’ greatest fears, exacerbate by horror stories
they’ve heard from their parents, grandparents, and friends.
However, at present, the technology for root canal therapy has
advanced in leaps and bounds.
Furthermore, trained dental surgeons carry it out in order to make
the process painless from start to finish.
The pain comes not from the root canal therapy but from the infected pulp within the root canal itself. The treatment doesn’t cause the pain.
After the removal of affected nerves, it should help in the pain’s alleviation or outright removal. It’s a solution to pain.
The procedure is painless because anesthesia is used. The dentist will relieve the pain of the root canal procedure through numbing the tooth and its surrounding area with local anesthesia.
Next week, we will be concluding our discussion on root canal by
conducting things one should do after getting such treatment.