1.WHAT IS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?

WHAT IS DENTAL PULP?

Teeth are the hard part of the tooth, made up of hard enamel and dentin, which you can easily see with the naked eye. The dental pulp is the inner part of the tooth, also known as the living part of the tooth. The dental pulp consists of blood vessels, nerves, connective tissue, and specialized cells. The main function of the dental pulp is to create dentin and provide nutrition for your tooth.

WHAT IS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?

Root canal treatment is the treatment of the core operating system of the tooth. The cause of pulpitis comes from the process of teeth not being cleaned thoroughly, bacteria have the opportunity to attack and invade, causing tooth decay. The long-term of this invasive process is pulpitis.

Once the pulp is inflamed, it cannot be treated with painkillers alone, because this is only a temporary solution and has no long-term effect. Root canal treatment is the solution to stop toothache by removing the inflamed pulp.

GRADE OF PULPITIS

The levels of pulpitis will gradually increase, causing difficulty and pain to the point of being unbearable.

Level I: Infection, the early stage of pulpitis, you will feel mild pain and tenderness, within tolerable limits.
Level II: Teeth begin to show sensitivity to hot and cold.
Level III: Teeth become extremely sensitive to sweet foods, especially when you chew food that hits the infected area.
Stage IV: The infection is particularly severe, and the body will begin to send out inflammatory response signals such as fever, bad breath, tooth abscesses (with pus), swollen cheeks, and swollen lymph nodes.

2. ROOT CANAL TREATMENT PROCESS AT ODENT DENTAL CLINIC

6-STEP PROCESS OF TREATING PULPITIS AT ODENT DENTAL CLINIC

Pulpitis treatment is performed by a team of doctors with more than 15 years of experience and a long period of training in Japan. The pulpitis treatment process at Odent Dental Clinic ensures accurate location of infection and quick operation to minimize pain for customers. The pulpitis treatment process includes 6 steps:

Step 1: Doctor directly examines, consults and takes X-rays

This is the stage where the doctor examines and checks the overall inflammation of the Customer. In addition, the doctor will ask related questions about how long the inflammation has lasted, and the cause, in order to have the most thorough treatment.

The Customer is then X-rayed to accurately determine the infection.

Step 2: Develop a treatment plan

After going through the examination process and clearly determining the location of the inflammation. The doctor will develop a treatment plan for the tooth pulp inflammation for the Customer.

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Step 3: Perform anesthesia

The doctor will perform anesthesia before removing the pulp to minimize the pain and discomfort for the Customer . The anesthesia only has a temporary effect during the time of removing the pulp.

Step 4: Place the rubber base

A rubber base is used to separate the infected tooth from the healthy tooth. The rubber base is used to cover the tooth before opening the pulp chamber to prevent chemicals from entering the digestive tract during the root canal treatment.

Step 5: Root canal treatment

After the patient no longer feels any sensation when the anesthetic takes effect, the dentist will begin the root canal treatment. First, the dentist will open a path on the tooth surface to the root canal, then clean out the infected pulp area. After the infected pulp has been completely removed, the dentist will reshape the root canal and fill the empty pulp chamber with Gutta Percha material.

Step 6: Tooth restoration, completing the treatment process

This is the step of restoring the tooth after completing the treatment of infected tooth pulp. The doctor will perform tooth filling or cosmetic porcelain crown depending on the customer’s wishes.

3.WHEN IS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT NEEDED?

During eating and daily activities, if you feel signs such as: pain, prolonged pain, even pain that cannot be relieved by medication, or teeth suddenly sensitive to food temperature, it is very likely that the tooth has pulpitis. Pulpitis cannot be completely cured at home, using pain relievers only has a temporary effect. At this time, the patient needs to go to the dentist to be examined by doctors and given appropriate treatment.

If not treated early, pulpitis will become more serious, especially leading to periapical inflammation because the root area now has inflammation. Periapical inflammation will make the root canal treatment process more difficult, as well as weaken the root. The sign that you have periapical inflammation is that the root area has white pus, discharge and may have a foul odor. If left untreated for a long time, the tooth structure will be damaged and the tooth may have to be extracted to protect the remaining teeth, to prevent the spread of bacteria.

4.IS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT PAINFUL?

Patients with pulpitis will certainly not be able to avoid severe toothaches when eating or drinking or at night. Therefore, root canal treatment will help eliminate discomfort and protect teeth from bacterial invasion. With modern dental technology like today, patients can rest assured that root canal treatment will be completely painless.

Before proceeding with the root canal, the doctor will also apply local anesthesia and prescribe pain medication after the treatment, so the patient does not have to worry about pain at all.

However, safe and painless root canal treatment also depends on the skill of the doctor as well as the adequate equipment at the dental clinic. If the doctor is not skilled enough, the equipment is not good, the root canal treatment process is still painful, even the results are not as expected and must be treated many times, wasting the patient’s time and effort.

5. WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE PULPITIS TREATMENT AT ODENT DENTAL CLINIC?

Choose Odent for 4 reasons:

The team of doctors has more than 15 years of experience and has studied in Japan for a long time. Practice makes perfect, the doctors will be able to respond and operate quickly to help completely resolve pulpitis without affecting the customer.
The most modern and advanced equipment and machinery systems. The equipment system at Odent is directly imported from abroad to ensure quality to Customers.
The treatment room system is separate and absolutely sterile, meeting international dental clinic standards.
The origin of dental materials is guaranteed to be genuine. Therefore, Customers can rest assured to put their trust in us, where strict Japanese quality is applied at Odent Dental.

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