After a few days after the procedure, tooth sensitivity can occur because some tissue inflammation, especially if the patient had pain before or tooth was infected tissue. This tooth sensitivity or discomfort in the first days after surgery can be controlled with analgesics category pills. Most patients return to their activities since the day.
Until the root canal procedure is fully completed and will be applied to final filling, you should avoid using the chewing teeth repaired. This helps to avoid recontamination inside the tooth and prevents tooth fragile to break before it is completely restored.
Do not forget to care for your teeth, visit your dentist at intervals established.
Complications of nerve extraction
Despite all efforts dentist to clean and seal the affected tooth, new infections can occur in a canal obscuration.
The reasons are:
- Existence of multiple channels clean ( leaving a cleaned)
- A crack in the tooth that has not seen a dentist
- Inadequate dental treatment application which allows bacteria to contaminate the
- Crack of the filling time, allowing bacteria to tooth recontamination
The alternative to extraction of nerve
Saving the natural tooth is the best option. Your natural tooth lets you eat a variety of food for your daily nutrition.
The only alternative to root canal is to have the tooth extracted and replacing it with a dental bridge or an implant. These alternatives are not only more expensive than a root canal procedure but require a longer time to treatment and other procedures.