Today, we are going to talk about Root canal Treatment. It is one of the most common dental procedures carried out by family dentists in Surrey. Root Canal can be a great way of saving your tooth from being extracted. When your tooth gets a cavity, it gets very important to start treating it immediately. If it goes untreated for too long, it can get so bad that it will have to be extracted, and it will start damaging the teeth around it. It becomes very important at this stage to do something about it. So, when you visit the dentist with a cavity that has reached the pulp part of your tooth, your dentist would probably suggest an RCT. During an RCT, your dentist would remove the insides of your tooth to save it from damages, and then fill it with a dental filling to close it. Here are some of the points about Root Canal Treatment. An RCT can save your teeth when it looks like it can't be saved, but there is a time limit to that as well. If your tooth gets damaged beyond repair, then you would have no option but to get it removed.
Dental Capping – It is very important to cover the RCT tooth with a cap, otherwise a lot can go wrong, and you might have to get rid of the tooth. Your dentist would call you in a few times to make sure that the dental cap fits properly. Once you get the tooth capped, you can eat normally. Make sure that you are cleaning your teeth properly, so that you don’t get another cavity. The tooth also becomes a little bit weaker than before, so it is very important to make sure that you get it capped properly. Waiting too long can cause many problems which can be very hard to fix.
Save the Natural Tooth – Saving your natural tooth is the main priority in such a situation. Since it is rooted into your jaw bone, it is tried to be saved. It is usually suggested that you take extra care of your teeth after getting a root canal. Your natural teeth are something that can't be replaced perfectly. There are a lot things you can do to replace your natural teeth, but sill, the first priority is to always just save your natural tooth if possible. Your natural teeth are unique, and root canal is a great way to save them. The infected part of your teeth is removed from the inside.
Replacement is the last option – There are a lot of replacement options available, but is usually recommended that replacing the natural teeth is the last option. It us usually done when there is no other option remaining. When your natural tooth can’t be saved with a root canal, then they move onto implants or bridges. There are a lot of options available, but we will only look into that when nothing else works.