Tooth nerve extraction steps

When performing root canal treatment, the dental nerve needs to be killed. Root canal treatment is relatively cumbersome. Only when the nerve is killed can the root canal be filled. Generally speaking, the dental nerve cannot be killed casually because it can easily affect health. Without the dental pulp, the tooth will lose its nutritional supply, which will cause the hard tissue of the tooth to lose vitality. Therefore, you must understand some precautions when extracting dental nerves.

Tooth nerve extraction steps

Killing the nerve is the so-called root canal treatment. The steps of root canal treatment are relatively complicated. First, the nerve must be killed, then the killed nerve must be extracted, and finally the root canal is filled. Today, it is just killing the nerve. Killing the nerve is a process that takes several days or weeks (depending on what product of pulp devitalizing agent is used).

Guidance: If the nerves are killed thoroughly, there should be no pain when you visit the doctor again. However, if it is not thorough, it may still hurt. If you cannot bear it, you may need anesthesia, but the effect of anesthesia may not be good. If the temporary sealing material falls off a little, there is no problem as long as the deactivating agent inside does not come out.

The consequences of "killing nerves" for teeth are serious

When a tooth loses its pulp, it loses the nutritional supply from the pulp, the hard tissue of the tooth will lose its vitality, and the tooth will become a "dead" tooth. Over time, the tooth will age and become brittle, and it will be easy to split when biting hard objects. In addition, some people who have lost their dental pulp will experience tooth discoloration. This is why doctors recommend patients to get braces after completing the "nerve-killing" treatment, which also protects the teeth and makes them last longer.

As for whether or not to "kill the nerve" of your teeth, you need to evaluate the affected teeth and also evaluate the feasibility of the doctor's surgical operation based on the affected teeth.

For example, when pulpitis, apical periodontitis, or tooth fracture with exposed nerves occurs, if the tooth is severely painful but the tooth needs to be preserved, "nerve killing" can be performed. If it is just tooth decay and the pulp is not infected, there is no need to kill the nerve. The doctor will also try his best to preserve the tooth nerve.