Root Canals
12/31/2005
What To Expect
1) It is not uncommon for a tooth to be uncomfortable or even exhibit a dull ache immediately after receiving root-canal therapy. This should subside within one week.
2)
Your tooth will be sensitive to biting pressure and may even appear to feel loose. This feeling is a result of the sensitivity of nerve-endings in the tissue just outside the end of the root, where we cleaned, irrigated, and placed filler and sealer material. This feeling will be short-lived.
3)
You may feel a depression or rough area (on the top of a back tooth or the back of a front tooth) where our access was made.
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12/17/2005
When dentists examine patients with a damaged tooth that has become infected and abscessed, or filled with tissue-eroding fluid, they typically have two options: Root canal or extraction.
But for patients with less advanced infections that have yet to abscess, there is a third, tooth-saving possibility called direct pulp capping. Much like cleaning and bandaging a wound, the procedure requires the dentist to sterilize the infection, remove all signs of decay, and refill the hole in the tooth to allow the remaining healthy tissue to regenerate. And therein lies a challenge.
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12/17/2005
December 07, 2005
Drilling in my mouth
I had a root canal a couple of weeks ago (a brand new one, not a re-treat on the old one like I originally thought I needed) and then today I had the permanent filling done and the old one re-done. This worked out to almost 2 hours of drilling on my teeth, the vibrating and drilling sound is so awful! I am not in too much pain though, not like after the root canal a couple of weeks ago. I will be glad when all this tooth mess is over!
As you might have read we are pretty much settled in (if you ignore the stacks of boxes in the garage).
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10/23/2005
When one experiences tooth pain or has a deep cavity, the dentist may determine that a root canal is necessary. The dentist may take x-rays to find out how close the damage is to the nerve inside the tooth. When the damage is close to the nerve, it may not be possible to repair it without compromising the pulp chamber. This would be painful and could cause infection of the dental pulp. When the damage is that close to the nerve, there is a good possibility that the tooth pulp may already be infected. A root canal procedure will eliminate the pain and remove any infected tissue.
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10/14/2005
In the 1700s, Pierre Fauchard, the father of modern dentistry, overturned an ancient belief that the throbbing pain of a toothache was caused by a worm -- a toothworm, to be exact. A popular illustrated history of dentistry explains that people of ancient times believed that the toothworm "had appeared spontaneously or had bored its way into the mouth." If the pain was unbearable, author Loretta Ichord wrote, "it meant the worm was thrashing about; but if the aching stopped, then the worm was resting." After Fauchard extracted the pulp and "root" of an infected tooth to ease a patient's pain, he examined them under a microscope.
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