Root Canal Treatment Health Feed

While preparing for RCT - getting to know from a dentist if consuming an antibiotic medicine is advisable, as it can help in reducing the infection and swelling.

After root canal treatment capping your tooth is necessary otherwise your tooth may fracture & break.

You should visit a dentist and get an x-ray done. Seems like it is re infection of the same tooth that may occur in rare cases, or infection of a neighbouring tooth. Either way, you must see a dentist. If it is a case of reinfection, re rct may be needed in that tooth.

If you are suffering from regular headache or your headache is confined to one area of your head, culprit might be an infected upper tooth.
If you are suffering from ear pain, again culprit might be any infected lower tooth.
Tooth pain radiates towards head, ear, neck.
Infected Tooth can be saved with root canal treatment.

Root canal treatment (RCT) or endodontic treatment is a common procedure in dentistry. Root canal treatment is indicated if the pulp is irreversibly inflamed or in case of pulpal death caused by decay, tooth cracks or chips, or dental trauma.
Root canal therapy is considered by many to be the most feared dental procedure.
Dental pain is never normal, and it is unlikely to go away on its own.

After root canal if there is swelling again it can be due to 2 reasons
1.faulty root canal
2.faulty crown.
So accordingly you ll either require re rct or just getting a new crown.

Root Canal treatment is done to repair the severely damaged and infected teeth instead of removing it. The treatment takes many steps to make your teeth perfect. The procedure involves removing of the damaged area of tooth (the pulp), cleaning, disinfecting, then filling and sealing it. Root canal is a term that means cleaning of the canals inside the tooth's root. Earlier, the root canal treatment involved very painful procedure but with the advanced dental treatment, now the patient bears very...more

Normally there is no pain after rct if it persists contact your Dr. again to reevaluate the rct yes a cap is recommended after rct as it provides strength to rct tooth n it's not painfull to take it.

Root canal therapy is a treatment used to repair and save a tooth that is badly decayed or infected.

Root canal therapy is performed when the pulp which is composed of nerves and blood vessels in the tooth becomes infected or damaged.
During root canal therapy, the pulp is removed, and the inside of the tooth is cleaned and sealed.
It's important to understand the signs and symptoms and plan your dental appointment soon.

Cost depends upon the expertise of the dentist and the type of crown you chose. Zirconia crowns are the most expensive.