Endodontics

Endodontic treatment is a treatment procedure to save or repair an infected or decaying tooth. It is also popularly known as root canal treatment. The main purpose of treatment applications is to protect the natural teeth of the person. The treatment of damage to the dental pulp and surrounding tissues caused by problems such as heat sensitivity, decay, infection, discoloration, abscess formation and fracture is performed in this department.

What is Endodontics?

Endodontics is a specialty also known as root canal treatment. In this field, endodontic treatment is performed by endodontic specialists. The pulp of the tooth contains nerves and vessels. The pulp plays a serious role in the growth and development of teeth. It also plays a role in the reflection of dental problems as pain.
The pulp is located on the top of the tooth and in the cavities in the root canals. Endodontics is a branch of dentistry that treats the pulp, the soft tissues consisting of vessels, nerve endings and connective tissue that play a role in the nutrition and sensitivity of the teeth.
Endodontic treatments can be applied when the dental pulp is affected by caries for different reasons, when infection occurs, when it becomes inflamed or after a traumatic event such as a crack or fracture in the tooth.
The main goal of endodontics is to treat the natural tooth without disrupting its structure. It is aimed to save the tooth by preserving its health and all its functions.

How is Endodontic Treatment Performed?

It can perform root canal treatment applications as well as regeneration treatment applications to preserve the vitality and naturalness of the tooth. Regeneration treatment aims to develop living tissue in the tooth root, while root canal treatment aims to preserve the natural tooth in the mouth.

Who is an Endodontist?

Endodontic physicians who receive specialty training in the endodontics department are called endodontists or endodontists. Endodontists specialize in tooth salvage treatments such as root canal therapy and surgical procedures, including pulp.
Treatments focus on ways of pain management and treatment practices that aim to minimize potential pain while saving the tooth. Endodontic treatment is performed by endodontic specialists to preserve a person's natural tooth structure.
Since endodontists are also experts in pain management, they also take part in procedures performed under local anesthesia. They use modern tools in root canal treatment applications so that the person can have a comfortable and painless procedure.

How is Root Canal Treatment Performed?

Endodontic treatment is also known as root canal treatment. Treatment applications are performed by endodontic specialists. In a typical root canal treatment, the doctor removes the pulp, cleans and shapes the root canal. The treated area is sealed with a special tool and then the treatment is finalized by making a crown.
Before the procedure, the area to be treated and its surroundings are numbed, so no discomfort is felt. However, some mild pain may be experienced temporarily after the treatment. Generally, the pain that occurs during chewing disappears spontaneously after a certain period of time after the treatment. If you experience sensitivity or pain in the tissues that heal after treatment, you should definitely visit a dentist specialist.
Root canal treatment can take place in different stages depending on the condition of the person and the person may visit the office several times. The treatment stages are as follows:

• If the treatment is performed on an anterior tooth, an opening is created at the back of the tooth; if the treatment is performed on a premolar or molar, an opening is created at the top of the tooth.
• The problematic pulp is removed, the socket and root canals are cleaned, expanded and shaped for filling
• If the treatment process requires the patient to come back more than once, a protective and temporary filling is placed on the tooth until the patient is examined again.
• If the treated teeth do not have other health problems, they can fulfill all the functions of a normal tooth. In addition, there may be similar complaints such as decay, infection, inflammation, fracture, discoloration as seen in natural teeth.

Procedures performed in our Endodontics Clinic

Emergency Treatment
Pain from endodontic causes is the most common problem that patients encounter and complain about. Caries lesions and tissue damage, including secondary caries (tooth decay after a previous filling), are the main cause of pain. Conditions such as tooth fracture, tooth sensitivity and slave sensitivity are observed. It is the emergency intervention and treatment of such situations.

Renewal of Root Canal Treatment (Retreatment)
After root canal treatment, when symptoms such as sensitivity, pain, swelling or discharge and radiological differences such as periapical lesion formation and enlargement of the lamina dura develop in the treated tooth, the treatment may need to be renewed. The old root canal is removed and a new root canal is prepared and filled.

Vital Whitening
Whitening agent is applied to teeth that have changed color due to any reason, and the patient's aesthetic expectations are tried to be met by aiming to make the teeth more beautiful, white and natural color.

Root Canal Treatment in Tooth with Periapical Lesion
If the patient does not see a doctor despite prolonged inflammation in the tooth, the infection spreads to the soft and hard tissues around the tooth and causes damage. Bone destruction has occurred at the root end of the tooth as a result of infection. Developing caries is removed. The root canal is cleaned of inflammation. Root canal filling and crown filling of the tooth are performed and the patient is followed up.

Restorative Dental Treatment
It is a branch of dentistry and treatment methods that restore the aesthetics and functionality of teeth with filling or filling-like applications. In this context, teeth whitening, cleaning dental caries and repairing teeth, arranging composite and amalgam fillings are among the procedures applied.