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Endodontic Treatment- Why?
When should you consult a specialist in endodontics?
Symptoms, which are often connected with an irreversibly inflamed pulp:| • | Lingering and pronounced pain to hot and cold |
| • | Sensibility on biting of the tooth |
| • | Discoloring of the tooth |
| • | Swelling and pain with pressure in the area of the surrounding gum |
| • | Longterm problems with the roots |
With the normal treatment it is often not possible to remove the whole inflamed or infected pulp in the inner tooth. After one or two years, the root starts to hurt again and the teeth often have to be removed. With the Schilder technique you can treat these teeth and with it obtain them a lifetime long.
Accidental injuries of teeth, roots or of the attachment apparatus (fractures of the teeth, fractures of the roots, knocked out teeth, from their normal position luxated teeth).
Why should you consult a specialist?
A diseased tooth may harm your body!
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Our teeth are made of a visible crown (3) and one or more roots (1). |
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Because of caries, restorative procedures as well as traumatic injuries the healthy tissue in the inside of the tooth can be injured and die (4). |
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The bacteria (5) reproduce themselves unhindered. Antigens as well as bacterial toxins leak (6) in the surrounding attachement apparatus. Because of complicated specific and nonspecific immune responses a lesion of endodontic origin develops. | |
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With this chronical infection the immune system is constantely challenged. This is how an untreated tooth may act as a focus for diseases with great consequences. After the root canal treatment (7) the bone needs about 6-12 months to regenerate. |
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Then in the majority of all cases there are no more detectable focuses (8). |
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