Root canal Treatment

Root canal treatment (also known as endodontic therapy, endodontic treatment, or root canal therapy) is a treatment sequence for a tooth’s diseased pulp that aims to eliminate infection while protecting the decontaminated tooth from further microbial invasion. The physical hollows within a tooth that are naturally populated by nerve tissue, blood vessels, and other biological entities are known as root canals and their related pulp chambers. These components make up the dental pulp.

Endodontic therapy entails removing these structures, disinfecting them, and then shaping, cleaning, and decontaminating the hollows with tiny files and irrigating solutions, followed by obturation (filling) of the decontaminated canals. The cleaned and decontaminated canals are filled with an inert filler, such as gutta-percha, and a zinc oxide eugenol-based cement.

In some root canal operations, epoxy resin is used to bind gutta-percha. Another approach is to employ a paraformaldehyde-containing antibacterial filling substance, such as N2. Endodontics include both primary and secondary endodontic therapies, as well as periradicular surgery, which is often utilised for teeth with salvage potential.