What is endodontics?

The word endodontics comes from the Greek, where “endo” means inside and “dontia” means tooth. Thus, endodontics is the dental branch meant to cover the diseases inside the tooth where the dental pulp is found, but also the diseases of the supporting ligaments that are located at the tip of the root.

Endodontics is what helps prevent, diagnose and treat the disease of the dental pulp and supporting ligaments.

Symptoms of dental endodontics

There are several symptoms that can trigger an alarm signal to the patient if he/she suffers from endodontic problems, such as an acute toothache: a continuous and strong pain, which appeared suddenly. This may be a first form of endodontic pathology.

Also, a symptom may be dental sensitivity: when a single tooth becomes very sensitive to the slightest variations of cold and heat.

The change in the colour of the tooth is another symptom: if only one tooth in the mouth begins to change colour, then you must consult a dentist.

We cannot omit the sensitive gum either, more precisely when you feel pain in the gum at any touch of it. Last but not least, a symptom to pay attention to is those fractures or cracks in the enamel: if the tooth is damaged or broken, or the dental pulp is exposed, then the appearance of this dental disease has a very high risk.

How is endodontics prevented?

Any of the above symptoms can lead to the appearance of this dental disease. It is important to go to the dentist for a consultation, even if it seems to you that it is not something serious. Failure to perform an endodontic treatment leads to aggravation of the disease by destroying the hard tissues and supporting tissues of the tooth, which over time can result in its final loss.

If the tooth is not in pain, but has any of the symptoms mentioned above, then this does not mean the lack of endodontic pathology. The absence of pain is an indication of the chronicity of the lesion. The bacteria will advance to the bone and settle on it. Thus, this pathology will advance with each passing day, including affecting the jaw.

To treat this dental disease, technologies, techniques and equipment have become better and more accurate. Nowadays, we use instruments such as: operating microscope, laser or rotary instrument, equipment that helps eliminate these pathologies.

Any endodontic treatment is done to the patient by local anaesthesia, and after the application of the treatment there will be a slight sensitivity in the tooth, which disappears with the help of analgesic and anti-inflammatory medicines recommended by our specialists.

What is the lifespan of endodontically treated teeth?

In most cases, “nerve-free” but properly treated teeth have a life as long as intact teeth. There are situations in which the infection does not disappear completely or reappears after a certain period of time. Although it rarely happens, the pain can return months or even years after the treatment. In these situations, endodontic treatment should be resumed by another therapeutic approach.

Every tooth that has undergone a canal treatment requires a definitive restoration of the crown. Even if after the first visit to the endodontist the pain disappears, the treatment is not complete. When the final reconstruction of the crown does not take place, the pain may reappear and pieces of the tooth will break.

What determines the resumption of the endodontic treatment?

The treatment must be repeated in all situations in which a new infection occurs or may occur.

The most common causes for reinfection are: trauma, secondary caries, rupture of the material used to restore the tooth crown. Basically, all those situations that allow saliva and food to enter the tooth.

What teeth cannot be saved by endodontic treatment?

The treatment must be repeated in all situations in which a new infection occurs or may occur.

The most common causes for reinfection are: trauma, secondary caries, rupture of the material used to restore the tooth crown.

Basically, all those situations that allow saliva and food to enter the tooth.

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