Root Canal Treatment (or) Endodontic treatment (or) RCT.
Root Canal Treatment: It is the removal of infected pulp tissue from the root canal, and filling up the empty root canal with a bio-compaitable material known as Gutta purcha, then filling up the prepared cavity with suitable restorative material.
When is Root canal treatment done?
Root canal treatment is [...]
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Endodontics mainly has the following aims:
Preservation of healthy pulp.
Curing a diseased pulp if possible.
Removing the dead pulp, cleaning and shaping the canal space and filling it with inert materials.
To restore and maintain the function and appearance of a non vital tooth.
To cure a periapical disease, if present.
Endodontic treatment is mainly based on preserving the tooth structure without having to extract it, here are some of the procedures followed in endodontic treatment:
Indirect pulp capping
Direct pulp capping
Pulpotomy and apexigenesis.
Pulpectomy and root canal treatment.
Periapical curetage.
Apicectomy and retrograde filling.
Replantation.
Transplantation.
Redisection and eisection.
Endodontic endosseous implants.
Bleaching.
Perforation / resorption repair.
Apexificaton.
Management of traumatic injuries.
Post endodontic restorations.
“Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of damage. and we can say that pain is always a subjective sensation and is always unpleasant”.
Pain is not necessarily associated with ongoing tissue damage, it is a subjective experience and has an emotional as well [...]