Root canal treatment is done to remove the infected pulp and exposed pulp of a tooth and fill pulp space with a medicated material.
Steps of root canal treatment
- Administration of local anaesthesia
- Access opening / opening the tooth pulp chamber and extirpation or removal of pulp
- Working length determination
- Cleaning and shaping of the canal space
- Obturation / filling of the canal space with a plastic material
- Post obturation restoration
- Crown cutting and crown placement
Different types of root canal treatments
Root canal treatments can be classified based on the cleaning and shaping procedure:
Hand cleaning and shaping with 2%, 4% and 6% file
Cleaning and shaping with endomotor
With laser
Root canal treatment can be classified based on obturation technique:
Filling the root canal space with a plastic material is called obturation
Lateral compaction technique
In this technique we will use multiple gutta percha points (plastic filling material). Only the master cone placed till the apex of the root and the accessory cone placed next to it to fill up the vacant spaces with the help of a lutting cement.
Vertical compaction technique
In this technique we will use warm gutta percha point which will be tightly packed till the root apex in the canal by vertical compaction.
Single cone technique
In this we will use only one cone along with lutting cement which exactly fill the canal space and extended till the apex.
For further details contact chisel dental clinic for root canal treatments
