The root canal treatment, also called endodontic treatment, consist in removing the dental pulp infected due to a fracture, caries or trauma.
This procedure allows saving the tooth that would otherwise be lost. Moreover, if the infection is not treated it can expand through the root canal creating a hole in a jaw bone.
The root canal treatment procedure:
The tooth is drilled under local anesthesia in order to reach the pulp chamber.
The dental pulp is carefully removed and the root canals cleaned.
In case that the tooth is badly infected and that the procedure must be repeated, the dentist will perform the temporary filling in order to protect the tooth between two visits.
Since the tooth without the pulp to maintain it in life is more fragile and more sensitive to fractures, it is desirable to reinforce it by placing a dental crown.
The material used for filling the root canal will probably last for a lifetime, however in long term it may be necessary to replace the amalgam or the crown. A good oral hygiene and regular visits to the dentist are very important since the caries can attack the devitalized teeth also.
The price of a root canal treatment depends on a number of tooth canals that has to be cleaned.
Prices in Serbia are from 9 Euros for incisors or canines to 26 Euros for molars.
