Endodontics (root canal treatment)
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Visitor asks:
Dear Sir/Madam,
what is wrong with a tooth that has supposedly been "dead" for a year, yet during root canal cleaning I react as if someone were poking a live wound with a sharp object?
Thank you and kind regards.
Dentist Tomaž Rotar answers:
Dear Sir/Madam!
The pain is caused when the endodontic file touches the periodontal ligament, the membrane that also surrounds the root tip and thus determines the length of the canal. Contact with a responsive periodontal ligament is a good way to check the length of the root canal, and its responsiveness is a sign that the disease process has not yet spread significantly to the periodontal tissues around the root tip.
Have a nice day!
The pain is caused when the endodontic file touches the periodontal ligament, the membrane that also surrounds the root tip and thus determines the length of the canal. Contact with a responsive periodontal ligament is a good way to check the length of the root canal, and its responsiveness is a sign that the disease process has not yet spread significantly to the periodontal tissues around the root tip.
Have a nice day!
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