A pulpotomy procedure involves removal of coronal pulp while trying to preserve the health of the remaining radicular pulp tissue.

It is one of the most widely used methods to save infected, decayed teeth. Your dentist might recommend it if you or your child has a severe cavity and pulpitis, an inflammation of the pulp inside the tooth.

What is meant by Pulpotomy?

Root Canal Treatment (RCT) provides a new lease of life to an immensely decayed tooth. RCT is recommended at times when infections reach the soft centre of a tooth. It is a specialized procedure focusing on removing the infected pulp chamber which is made up of a bundle of nerves, soft tissues, and blood vessels.

The endodontic treatments have ensured success rates range between 86% and 98%. It preserves an internally decayed tooth from being extracted and gets rid of the excruciating pain the diseased tooth triggered.

Such root canal-treated teeth can stay healthy for years but occasionally, re-infections can occur due to various reasons. Luckily, you can get retreatment to eliminate such painful circumstances occurring again.

How does a re-infected root canal occur?

When tooth decay or tooth trauma is left untreated, they open paths with which the oral bacteria enter the tooth and damage the tooth’s pulp chamber. The pulp is made up of nerves, blood vessels, connective tissues, and other fibrous particles essential for a tooth.

It means the bacterial contamination in the pulp chamber makes a tooth more painful and troublesome. Hence the damaged pulp should be removed surgically to stop the infection progresses. Root Canal Treatment (RCT) is a straightforward therapy and it aims at disinfecting the tiny channels inside a tooth root, shaping the canals, and filled with a special material to preserve the diseased tooth.

Root canal Treatment is nothing but a space within the root of the tooth, where there is a soft pulp of tissues which contains blood vessels and connecting tissue, and helps grow root of the tooth when the procedure of development is going on. The causes of root canal pain are – infection damaged pulp that destroys the enamel and dentin of the tooth, shrinking of the old metal filling, and chewing or eating hardened food.