Root canal treatment:  It is the process of removing and cleaning the infected pulp tissue as a result of the infection of the living tissue consisting of blood vessels and nerves called pulp inside the tooth due to trauma and caries in the teeth and filling the canal with tissue-friendly materials. In this way, the functional life of the tooth is extended. In addition, the person gets rid of other problems that may occur due to tooth loss. 

With the root canal procedure, the living part of the tooth comes out. However, the tooth is there with all its structures. It just loses its vitality or sensibility. The root canal treated tooth performs the same functions as any other tooth. Aesthetically and functionally, the tooth is the same tooth.

It is very important for the teeth to preserve their presence in the mouth. Because the teeth support the teeth in front and behind. In missing teeth, the teeth move to close the gap. Therefore, the tooth remaining in place with root canal treatment also protects the system in the mouth.

If properly maintained, root canal procedure is not a treatment that shortens the life of the tooth. On the contrary, the life of the tooth is extended. If the person pays enough attention to oral care, the root canal treated tooth will be no different from other teeth.

Root Canal Treatment Steps 

Before root canal treatment , we examine the condition of the dental canals with a panoramic x-ray and make our diagnosis. We first start the treatment by anesthetizing the related tooth or area. After the anesthesia of the relevant area is provided, if there is caries in the tooth, we clean it and reach the area where the nerves are. We clean this area with special tools.

Difference between filling and root canal treatment emerges at this point. In the filling process, there is usually a caries on the upper surface of the tooth. The area of the dental nerves is not infected. Hence, we do not perform any operation on the nerves in the dental filling process. However, in root canal treatment, the area where the vessels and nerves are is completely cleaned with a deeper cleaning process.

We aplly an effective cleaning and disinfection process, and then we fill the root canals with a tissue-friendly filling material. After the root canals are filled, we definitely check the tooth roots with a panoramic x-ray after the root canal treatment. Then, as the last step of the root canal treatment, we make a crown or filling on the tooth as a permanent restoration.

How Do You Know If A Root Canal is Infected? 

If you have pain that starts spontaneously and is especially worse at night for which painkillers do not work.

Pain that starts with external stimuli such as hot-cold or contact of teeth and lasts for a long time.

If you have swellings on the teeth, gums or inside and outside the mouth.

Color changes in teeth.

Tooth extraction is required in cases where there is too much material loss in the teeth, there are abscesses in the root of the tooth that cannot be healed, and root canal treatment will not be beneficial.

Go to dental check-ups at regular intervals without ignoring the symptoms of infected tooth root.

How Many Sessions Does Root Canal Treatment Take : 

The procedures may take 1 or several sessions depending on the condition of the tooth. Especially in cases where the tooth is not alive, there is an infection at the root tip, there is swelling inside and outside the mouth, we place a substance in the canal and wait for the bacteria in this area to disappear.

Thus, the process may take several sessions. Between sessions, we fill the teeth with temporary filling material. In this way, the relevant region can continue its function.

As we said, how many sessions of root canal treatment will be depends on the condition of the tooth. Therefore, if your tooth is alive and the decay has just reached the pulp of the tooth, then we can perform the root canal treatment in a single session

However, in cases where the tooth is inflamed and this inflammation passes to the root tip and causes symptoms in the bone, or when the face is swollen due to drainage, we can complete the root canal treatment in 2 or 3 sessions

How Long Does The Root Canal Procedure Take?

Depending on the root number and type of the involved tooth, we can complete the root canal treatment in our clinic within an average of 1 hour.

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