Have you heard about root canals? These are one of the most utilized treatments in Dentistry and it has the purpose to save a dental piece that is considered damaged, sick or dead.
Keep reading and discover what they are.
Endodontics?
The word endodontics means “inside the tooth” (“Endo”: inside and “odont”: tooth) meaning, that is a dentistry area that treats diseases that affect the tooth pulp.
For this the dental professional will do a cleaning of the sick pulp tissue of the tooth, eliminating bacteria and necrotic tissue, where he will finally fill the space with a biocompatible material to later seal it.
This intervention allows to keep the tooth’s functionality, as well as it’s aesthetic, and it’s the last resource to save the sick piece without the need to extract it.
A root canal it’s performed exclusively on permanent pieces, so a root canal in children isn’t done because it is their baby teeth. In this case, of presenting a temporary tooth damaged, we choose a pulpectomy or pulpotomy.
Although there are other factors that could lead to this situation, the truth is that most of the time such problem it’s caused due to the existence of deep cavities that when not handled on time, damage the tooth’s pulp located on the deepest part of each dental piece.
Therefore, it’s very important to visit your dentist regularly.
