For
root canal therapy to be successful, the knowledge of accurate tooth length is essential.
Once diagnosed
root canal therapy or surgical extraction of the affected tooth is the treatment of choice (13) and an antibiotic coverage acts as an adjunct to surgical therapy.
Common indications for
root canal therapy were necrotic pulp 47.5% involving 95 teeth, irreversible pulpitis 42.5% involving 85 teeth, trauma 6.5% involving 13 teeth, short obturation 2.5% involving 5 teeth and chronic hyperplastic pulpitis 1% involving 2 teeth.
Root canal therapy in such type of traumatized teeth is mandatory.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists say they have made an epoch-making advancement towards the next big treatment revolution in dentistry - the era in which
root canal therapy brings diseased teeth back to life, rather than leaving a "non-vital" or dead tooth in the mouth.
Eight American academics draw on 150-plus years of combined experience in developing and teaching graduate endodontic programs and in managing private practices to create an easy-to-use, workbook approach to the provision of reliable nonsurgical
root canal therapy. The 42 chapters are organized into sections covering examination and diagnosis; treatment strategies and decision- making; preparation for treatment; canal instrumentation--shaping, disinfection, and case management; endodontic obturation; and emergency and adjunctive endodontic procedures.
In spite of the seeming success of
root canal therapy, Price discovered that the bacteria that caused the infection penetrated most of the dentin tubules and were not destroyed during the supposed sterilization process during
root canal therapy.
None of the 30 people reported any post-treatment effects such as sensitivity, gingival irritation, tooth fracture, or a need for
root canal therapy from tooth nerve damage (JADA 126.
The pain related to overuse usually causes people to stop bleaching before it does any significant harm, but it is possible that they could damage the nerve enough to require
root canal therapy."
[1.] Nygaard-Ostby, B.N: Chelation in
Root Canal Therapy, Odontol.Tidskr.