What is the procedure?

Question

That once a root canal is done I need a crown and other work after that? What is the procedure after a root canal?

Answer 1

A root canal is the commonly used term for the main canals within the dentin of the tooth. These are part of the natural cavity within a tooth that consists of the dental pulp chamber, the main canals, and sometimes more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the root surface of the tooth. Root canals are filled with a highly vascularized, loose connective tissue, the dental pulp. This sometimes becomes infected and inflamed, generally due to caries or tooth fractures that allow microorganisms, mostly bacteria from the oral flora or their byproducts, access to the pulp chamber or the root canals; the infected tissue is removed by a surgical intervention known as endodontic therapy and commonly called a root canal.

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1 Tooth structure

2 See also

3 References

4 External links



[edit] Tooth structure

At the center of a tooth is a hollow area that houses soft tissue, known as pulp. This hollow area contains a relatively wide space towards the chewing surface of the tooth called the pulp chamber. This chamber is connected to the tip of the root of the tooth via thin hollow pipe-like canals—hence, the term "root canal". Human teeth normally have one to four canals, with teeth toward the back of the mouth having the most. These canals run through the center of the roots like pencil lead runs through the length of a pencil. The tooth receives nutrition through the blood vessels and nerves traversing these canals.

[edit] See also

Endodontic therapy

Dental pulp

Toothache

Gum inflammation

Dental implant

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

The Root Canal procedure - A detailed step by step description of the root canal procedure

American Association of Endodontists

An animated review of root canal treatment.

Root Canals at WebMD

Video on Direct Pulp Capping, an alternative to Root Canal therapy

Comparison of antibacterial and toxic effects of various root canal irrigants.

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Root canal[hide]v • d • eEndodontology



Diagnostic tests Electric pulp test - Thermal test - Percussion test



Pulpal Diagnosis External resorption - Internal resorption - Irreversible pulpitis - Reversible pulpitis - Necrotic pulp - Pink tooth of Mummery



Periapical Diagnosis Acute apical periodontitis - Chronic apical periodontitis - Perio-endo lesion - Fistula - Periapical abscess - Phoenix abscess - Vertical root fracture



Anatomy Apical foramen - Pulp - Pulp chamber - Root canal



Armamentarium and material Amalgam - Apex locator - Files and reamers - Gutta-percha - Dental dam - Rotary technology - Sodium hypochlorite - Silver points - Eucalyptol - Saline - EDTA



Endodontic procedures Apicoectomy - Endodontic therapy - Internal bleaching - Retreatment



Other specialties Orthodontology - Periodontology - Prosthodontology



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Answer 2

after a root canal treatment the dentist will seal the root canal and then probably either place a post to support the crown on or they will crown prep the tooth