Dentistry

About Root Canal / Single Sitting Root Canal

Single sitting root canal treatment of teeth is a new advancement in dentistry, which has made dental root treatment painless, less time consuming& cost friendly. In India, the single visit root canals have become very common with the patients and dentists. In many special cases, the dentist performs the entire root canal treatment of teeth in a single sitting and that too with an antibiotic coverage for about 2-3 days depending on the type of decay and dental problems of the patient.

Advantages of single sitting root canal treatment

• Less traumatic for the patient.
• Also less time consuming and more cost friendly.
• Immediate sealing of root canals, lateral accessory canals gives prompt healing.
• Bacteria in completely and tightly sealed dentinal tubules get killed due to deprivation of nutrition .

Root Canal Treatment Procedure

First step is to open the pulp chamber to allow access to the canals. Once open, with help of special instruments known as files the infected nerves is removed. The canals are flushed with antiseptic solution. The root canals are further cleaned & reshaped to free them of all debris. Once the canals are empty dry & clean, they are filled and sealed with biocompatible material known as Gutta Purcha Points / G.P. Points. The cavity is then filled with temporarily filling material which is then replaced with a permanent filling material like composite filling. A root canal treated tooth should be ideally capped after 15-20 days