What are some complications that can be seen with root canal treatment?

Firstly there may be a pain in the tooth, specifically for the tooth that is treated with canals for two or three days after root canal treatment. The patient should pay special attention not to chew with the treated part. You can use painkillers to reduce pain. Oxygen in the air when the canal is open for treatment can cause bacteria to settle here, where the proliferating bacteria cause inflammation and pain to occur. Bacteria can be pushed out of the tooth root end. At the end of the tooth root, there is a small hole that allows blood vessels to enter the tooth. Sometimes during canal treatment, it can reach the surrounding tissue from this small hole. In this case, the surrounding tissue becomes infected, and inflammation is also likely. It is possible to dry and treat inflammation with painkillers and antibiotics. The process until this inflammation is cleared can be a painful one.

How is root canal treatment carried out?

  During canal treatment, the doctor can create holes in other parts of the tooth due to the lack of ducts or curvy. The tools used in the treatment of ducts are produced to adapt to curved channels. But sometimes the tools can not adapt to the canal, leaving a hole in the side of the tooth. If saliva reaches this hole, the tooth may need further treatment or withdrawal. If it is at a distant point below the gum line, the saliva may not reach this point and there is a possibility of recovery without intervention.

  If a canal root has not been entered or the ducts have not been fully cleaned, the channel length has not been measured correctly, and if infected or inflamed pulp fragments are too close to the root end, there may remain infection in the tooth. As a result, a repeat of the canal treatment may be required. There may be side branches of the root canals and it is not possible to reach these branches with traditional treatment methods. During treatment, the duct tool may break in the canal. If the cleaning of the canal is complete and the broken part remains at the root end, the doctor continues treatment in this way. However, if the cleaning of the root canal is not finished, the remaining part is not at the end of the root, and the root end is therefore unreachable, the part must be taken.

   The part can be taken from the upper part of the tooth, but in some cases, it can only be taken under surgical conditions. In this process called apicoectomy, the doctor makes a small incision in the gums in order to reach the tooth root and the root part where the part is located is removed.