Endodontics | Root Canal Treatment

Endodontics is a specialty of dentistry that deals with diseases of the dental pulp and its supporting structures. Endodontists are Dentists with special post-graduate training in this field and are experienced at finding the cause of oral and facial pain that has been difficult to diagnose. The most common endodontic procedure is root canal therapy. This procedure allows for the patient to preserve teeth that would otherwise need to be extracted due to trauma, disease or decay.

Endodontic treatment is necessary when the pulp becomes inflamed or infected. The inflammation or infection can have a variety of causes: deep decay, repeated dental procedures on the tooth, or a crack or chip in the tooth. In addition, trauma to a tooth may cause pulp damage even if the tooth has no visible chips or cracks. If pulp inflammation or infection is left untreated, it can cause pain or lead to an abscess.

The success of root canal treatment is absolute especially related with rotary automatic root canal devices, special devices showing the length of root, structural differences and with special root canal filling materials. By the help of those new devices which can measure the root canal length, there is no need to take extra x-rays. The important thing is completing the treatment by knowing the possible variations and using those devices for proper situations.If the root canal treatment is performed successfully, it may stay life long period inside the mouth. But if there are mistakes, then the risk of tooth loss is high in a short time period. Therefore, it requires a meticulous work. Usually this procedure is performed by endodontists who are root canal treatment specialists. This increases the success rate. Because the only work for those specialists are making root canal treatments.