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Re Root Canal Treatment
Once the primary root canal treatment fails, that particular tooth can be saved without any invasive surgery just by re- treating its root canals (Re-RCT) again to remove the infection. The symptoms of failed root canals can cause serious pain to the patient and calls for an emergency endodontic visit.
Causes of root canal failure:
- Continuance of bacteria causing secondary infection in the canal or outside the canal- on tooth or its roots.
- Incomplete filling of canals or chances of re occurrence is also due to poorly cleaned canals
- Out stretched root canal filling extending beyond the root tip in the soft tissue.
- Irregular seal at the tooth- root junction, delivering micro- leakage in the canal.
- Salivary contamination while sealing a root canal.
- Missed treating canals, either major or accessory.
Misconception related to re- root canal treatment:
- Painful procedure- Some patients fear to undergo the re-treatment again as they had experienced pain, post primary root canal treatment. It is very normal to have moderate pain after root canal treatment for few days and subsides on its own. If the pain in the root canal treated tooth is beyond the moderate range then it proclaims the re- treatment to be done by your dentist.
- RCT causes illness- Dental pain is considered to be the most severe pains compared to other systemic problems, causing pain. Many of them fear of getting sick after they had RCT done. But, it is always better to preserve natural teeth than to get it replaced by any other option. Slight tenderness on chewing with RC treated teeth is there for 3 to 7 days and then the patient adapts to the new changes- definitely he or she is relieved of severe pain with which they had reported to the clinic for.
- Preferring extraction over RCT- Patients in severe pain with root canal treated tooth prefer extraction as the final option to get immediate comfort from pain. This is not true, extraction is the surgical procedure requiring sure pain post extraction and losing a tooth which could have been saved. The symptomatic pain calling for re- root canal treatment, there is absolutely no pain while performing a re-RCT again.