Root Canal is the long passage full of soft tissue (refers to tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body) that is located underneath the tooth dentin which adjoin in the pulp chamber. There are one up to four canals found in the human tooth. Damaged or dead pulps can cause pain in our tooth because it increases the blood flow and cellular activity of our tooth. Infected pulp due to cavity or fractures may allow bacteria to seep into our tooth that causes the pulp to die. When this occurs our tooth must have its treatment before the infection spreads and pain gets worse. Our tooth doesn’t heal by itself that is why the dentist sometimes suggests undergoing tooth extraction. However, tooth extraction can cause a bad bite which is why tooth extraction is followed by a tooth implant or bridge. Although, a tooth implant or bridge is expensive the dentist may suggest you a cheaper treatment like root canal therapy (a dental procedure done to save damaged or dead pulp in the root canal of the tooth). Because keeping our original tooth is still the best choice of common patients. Root canal therapy is a type of procedure that enables the patient to keep the original tooth by filling the canal with gutta percha (a rubber-like material), to prevent recontamination of the tooth. The tooth then will be permanently sealed with porcelain or gold, depending upon the patient choice. Root canal therapy usually takes one to three sessions.
After a successful root canal therapy, a follow up exam is strongly advised to monitor the tissue healing by the dentist. Root canal treatment is proven to be 95 percent effective. A failed treatment is very rare. However, there are few cases when the dentist has redone the treatment because of the diseased canal offshoots that went unnoticed or the fracturing of a canal filing instrument. A failed treatment is sometimes marked by a pain. |
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Paper Clips For Root Canals Lands Dentist In Jail When dentists do a root canal they are supposed to use steel posts, and definitely not paper clips. A dentist from Massachusetts has just received a 1-year prison sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction, for using paper clips for just such procedures - he had faced charges of assault and battery, as well as defrauding Medicaid to the tune of $130,000, and intimidating a witness. Dr ... Paper Clip Root Canal Dentist To Be Sentenced A mother is blasting the one-year jail sentence given to a former Massachusetts dentist who used paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in her son's root canal. Dentist Used Paper Clips For Root Canal Procedure (AP) - A mother is blasting the one-year jail sentence given to a former Massachusetts dentist who used paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in her son's root canal. Dentist used paper clips as posts in root canal A Crofton man pleaded guilty guilty in Massachusetts Superior Court to multiple charges of Medicaid fraud for using pieces of paper clips in root canals instead of standard stainless steel posts, according to an announcement today from the Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler . Dentist who used paper clips for root canals jailed A dentist who used paper clips rather than medical stainless steel posts while carrying out root canal work has been sentenced to a year in jail. |
