Endodontics (root canal treatment)
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Visitor asks:
Hello, I would like your opinion regarding treatment of a tooth.
I had an inflamed dental pulp and my dentist opened the tooth and placed medication. He also referred me for an X-ray of this tooth.
After about two weeks they removed the nerve and cleaned the canals in the tooth. Everything was great up to this point.
I was a little surprised that the tooth was temporarily closed with a relatively soft filling and that I was not scheduled again for three months (at that time they are supposed to fill the root canals and make the final filling).
After just a few days the temporary filling has almost disappeared; only the tooth crown remains, with a little filling still inside.
I am concerned about the three-month interval between removal of the nerve and the next treatment of the tooth, and about the type of temporary filling.
I would like to know whether this treatment procedure is usual, or what I should do.
Thank you for your answer.
Kind regards
Dentist Tomaž Rotar answers:
Dear Sir/Madam!
The treatment procedure is entirely usual. If the soft material, which is intended for temporary closure of cavities, wears away or falls out, you can ask your dentist to replace it with a harder material which, at least from the insurance company's point of view, is not standardised (various glass-ionomer cements). A delay between completed treatment and definitive restoration is most often required for safety reasons, because a definitive restoration is relatively difficult to remove if the problem recurs.
Have a nice day!
The treatment procedure is entirely usual. If the soft material, which is intended for temporary closure of cavities, wears away or falls out, you can ask your dentist to replace it with a harder material which, at least from the insurance company's point of view, is not standardised (various glass-ionomer cements). A delay between completed treatment and definitive restoration is most often required for safety reasons, because a definitive restoration is relatively difficult to remove if the problem recurs.
Have a nice day!
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