Rootz Dental Care and Implant Center: pulpectomy treatment,omr,chennai

Saturday, 23 September 2017

pulpectomy treatment,omr,chennai

Pulpectomy procedure@rootz dental care and implant centre,omr,thoraipakkam,chennai.

A pulpectomy is a common procedure in which a dentist removes all of the pulp from a tooth’s pulp chamber,removing it from the crown and roots. This procedure is commonly performed on the primary teeth or milk tooth of a child to reduce the risk of early primary tooth loss, which can cause bite and alignment problems.

Causes of pulpal infection

There are several causes for pulp infections,including:

• deep decay of the tooth
• a chipped tooth
• large dental fillings
• trauma to the face

How to find out that the teeth needs pulpectomy?

• The tooth or gum line may develop an abscess
• Infections can also be seen with an X-ray of the involved tooth.

Infections are easily identified, as damage to the pulp becomes visible when an abscess, a pocket of pus, forms at the tip of the tooth root. An X-ray may be needed to view the infection.

Treatment

Dentists take these steps with patients undergoing a pulpectomy.

1. Apply a local anesthetic—Dentists try to minimize the discomfort patients feel during a pulpectomy by administering a local anesthesia, though this does not remove pain or discomfort entirely.
2. Drill a hole—The dentist then accesses the pulp by drilling a hole into the tooth.
3. Remove the pulp and fill the tooth—After the pulp is removed, the tooth is filled with an inert substance and, lastly, filled with a cap or crown.
4. Prescribe antibiotics—To reduce the risk of infection, prophylactic antibiotics are prescribed.

Alternative Treatment

Tooth extraction is an alternative to a pulpectomy but is usually avoided because this can cause other teeth to shift, eventually resulting in crowding in the mouths of children who still have teeth growing. In addition, tooth extraction can make it difficult for children to eat, especially if more than one tooth is removed at a time.

Find a dentist in your area if you suspect your child have a tooth infection and need a pulpectomy

Rootz Dental Care and Implant Center has specialists with proven expertise pediatric dentistry.This offering from Rootz is primarily to benefit patients from OMR, Thoraipakkam, Perungudi, Neelankarai, Palavakkam, Injambakkam etc .For more information regarding treatments contact us today.