Your dentist from Leipzig explains endodontics

The endodontics is a branch of dentistry and deals with the interior of the tooth. The focus within the endodontics lies on diseases of the pulp-dentin complex and the periapical tissue. There are many endodontic treatments that have the same goal: tooth preservation. The best known method is root canal treatment. The dentist has to be very concentrated because the root canals are very branched. Which is why they make treatment very demanding.

What does endodontic treatment look like??

Anyone who undergoes endodontic treatment usually means a root canal treatment, which has the goal of keeping the tooth in the tooth holder. But what does endodontic treatment look like? First of all, of course, it requires thorough preparation. X-rays of the affected tooth are taken in advance after it has already been carefully examined. The images help the dentist determine what it looks like inside the tooth. This is very important because this area of ​​the tooth is ultimately to be treated. In the next step, the patient is given an anesthetic so that he does not feel any pain during the procedure. Then the tooth is drilled out in a so-called "trepanation", the goal is to get to the pulp. After the root canal entrances have been exposed, the root canals are cleaned and disinfected and their length is determined. This is very important for the further procedure, since these have to be closed at the end with a filling. The treatment is completed with the sealing of the root canals.