Root Canal Therapy is the last method to save your tooth when the dental cavities have deepened into pulp and damaged the dental nerves. However, some patients complain that, “In order to do the RCT, I have paid several visits to my dentist and spend quite a lot money, but the ill tooth remain ill and there is a frequent inflammation. What’s wrong?”

Root Canal Therapy is also called endodontic treatment, the most effective way for treating endodontic and periapical diseases. In general, RCT requires to thoroughly remove the inflammation and necrotic tissues inside the root canals before conducting fillings. Therefore, there will be no inflammation and pain after RCT.

If inflammation occurs after RCT, it may indicates an deflective treatment. Under such circumstance the dentist will take an X-ray to check whether the root canal filling has reached the required position. With a deflective treatment, there is still a room for bacterial growth, possibly leading to periapical inflammation. Currently the successful rate of RCT ranges from 70% to 90%. Thus there isn’t a promise of 100% success for every patient.

1. No problem shown from the X-ray film doesn’t mean that there is definitely no problem. Missing canal is a problem quite common to see clinically. As is suggested, attention should be paid to your situation for a longer time. If no improvement has been seen, you need to seek treatments in time.

2. There may well be broken tooth after RCT. A crown should be made to protect the tooth undergoing RCT, otherwise there will be inflammation and pain when chewing food.

3. A pain after RCT has a close relation to the improper clinical operation of the dentist. Therefore, it is imperative to choose a professional institution and an experienced dentist.

According to the dentists form AKJ Dental, only by choosing a professional dental hospital for conducting RCT can you gain a warranty for the final result. There are a few procedures for RCT, including cleaning and shaping root canals, sterilization and filling. Only one procedure will be finished in one visit. So generally 3-4 visits to the hospital will be needed for RCT. As the situation grows more complicated, the number of visit will increase correspondingly.

Moreover, the tooth root canals are very tiny and complicated. RCT requires dentists to operate inside the root canal with the help of X-ray film. Patients can’t view the result through the external appearance. A perfect root canal treatment at the very early stage lays a foundation for the filling and crown-making afterwards. Without a sound foundation, there will be no guarantee for the subsequent treatment.

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