Dentistry and Root Canal

Why should you Join A Dental Plan?

Many people join discounted Dental plans for numerous reasons. The following are a few:

Save money on dental work: Dental work like root canal procedures, extractions, braces extra are expensive. Having a discounted Dental plan will make sure that you save on these expenses substantially.

Save money on routine dental care: Routine dental care like cleaning, scraping, Z-Ray’s etc. also cost of a lot of money. Saving here could mean a lot for big families.Â

Provide better dental care: Discounted and affordable dental discount plans will help and motivate you to provide better dental care for you and your family.

Commitment to improve oral health: A discounted Dental plan helps you plan your dental health checkups regularly and in disciplined way. In a way, the discounted Dental plan will help you to make a commitment to maintain your oral health at a cheaper cost. Affordability lends a hand in taking care of your otherwise ignored dental health.

Instant Usage: You get instant memberships and can start using the discounts immediately instead of waiting for approval and paperwork. So, when you need to visit a dentist, take 5 minutes out to get your membership form a discounted dental plan, maybe you will be reimbursed the fee you pay in the first 1 or 2 visits, rendering the dental care for the rest of the year virtually at a fraction of the cost..!

Unconditional: No pre-existing condition exclusions and background checks like other forms of coverage.

Quick Activation: These discounted dental plans are activated within 48 hours or 2 business days, no waiting periods.

Affordable: Low annual enrollment fee compared to other forms of coverage.

No hassles: Hassles of claims and paperwork are non existent, since you get the discount on the spot and you do not have to carry stress luggage back home.

Better customer service: Since these plans are very simple and no pending papers or questions are involved you tend to get the best customer service.

Additional Benefits: Benefits of prescription discounts, vision care etc. helps you save more money than you calculate in the first place.

Root Canal

Root Canal Complications - Pain After Root Canal

What are the complications of having root canal?

In only about 1% of the cases, there will be a ‘flare-up’ of the tooth with pain after root canal and sometimes swelling. This usually happens within the first three days following treatment and is caused by dying bacteria inside the tooth that put off toxins into your jaw. If this happens, you will need to be on an antibiotic. Call your dentist and let them advise you what to do.

Most of the time, however, there is little or no pain after root canal, if performed when first indicated. Many patients report immediate relief of their symptoms. If there was a lot of infection in the tooth before the root canal, there will be healing time required after the procedure and you may experience some pain. This pain can be moderate to severe and last several days, getting a little better each day.

If your tooth hurts when you chew on it, it is still healing and you need to chew on the other side of your mouth until the pain is gone.

Some teeth swell in the socket and feel ‘higher’ than the other teeth, disrupting the healing process. If this happens, call your dentist or Endodontist and get an appointment. They can adjust your bite to prevent this tooth from hitting so hard when you bite.

Occasionally, a endodontic file will break inside the tooth during the procedure. Most of the time, this is not a problem and the file is cemented into and becomes part of the tooth. There are reports of both complications and no problems at all with a broken file in a tooth.

Some people are surprised when they experience pain after root canal thinking the nerves are gone. The nerve inside your tooth is gone, but there are still nerves surrounding the outside of your tooth where in enters the gum. These nerves can be irritated by the procedure or by infection and can take time to heal.

You can have pain afterward if your tooth has a fracture. A fracture in your tooth can be diagnosed using a microscope, or dye tests. Teeth with a fracture should be crowned as soon after your root canal as possible. Avoid chewing on the fractured tooth until your dentist has crowned it.

Even after crowning, some teeth that have fracture will be sensitive on occasion, much like a healed broken bone is sometimes sensitive. This is normal and nothing to worry about unless the pain or sensitivity gets severe which could indicate the fracture has worsened and the tooth needs to be removed.

Sometimes, in spite of best efforts, the body does not heal the infection that was inside the tooth. It is a biologic procedure and is not guaranteed because everyone has differing immune systems and healing capacities. If your tooth does not heal, a re-treatment of the root canal can be performed, where the root canal is tried again.

If a pocket of infection is left in the bone that does not heal, an apicoectomy might be indicated.This is where a surgical procedure is performed and a small incision is made in the gum above the tooth and the infection is removed, the area sterilized and cleaned. This procedure is almost always performed by an Endodontist or Oral Surgeon and is rare, but the sucess rate is high.

A root canal removes the nerve inside your tooth. This nerve controls sensitivity to hot or cold. If you experience pain with hot or cold after your root canal, it is impossible for it to involve the root canal tooth. Unfortunately, it will be another tooth that may need root canal.
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Root Canal