subject: Root Canal Treatment Alternatives In New Delhi india [print this page] Now a days R.C.TNow a days R.C.T. has become one of the commonest dental treatments in dentistry. It is a procedure with which we try to save a tooth whose innermost part called as dental pulp gets infected, but the pain, the cost associated and the number of visits to root canal dentist might make you think whether there is an alternative treatment for root canal or not. The root canal alternatives that your dentist recommends you will be dependent on severity of tooth injury or root canal infection. I am here by listing some of the alternative treatment options in regard to root canal treatment
You can opt for alternative treatments only till the time your nerve and blood vessels in the root canal are not too much damaged the canal should only have slight infection, should not have swelling or pus discharge from it. If there is too much of infection in a tooth then only options left will be either a root canal treatment or extraction of involved tooth.
If there is a tooth injury or slight pain in the tooth medicines gives a good result and even if there is an slight exposure to root canal and antibiotics are given along with anti-inflammatory drugs then some times the root canal treatment can be postponed as the bacterial growth is restricted for some time due to the effect of the drugs.
When ever your dentist is cleaning your decayed tooth some times due to high speed of the drill used or the tooth has become too soft so while excavating the decayed part of the tooth there can be an exposure of the nerve tissue In this case what a dentist does is, he cleans the tooth thoroughly and keep it in sterile condition and then put a calcium base filling over the exposure site and then a temporary filling on top so that a secondary dentin formation can take place and root canal treatment can be over ruled.
This procedure is indicated in pulpally involved childrens permanent teeth in which the root apex is not completely formed. This pulpotomy procedure permits the completion and maturation of root apex.
