No crown after root canal treatment

When inflammation occurs in the tooth, the tooth is usually repaired through root canal treatment. However, a crown should be placed after root canal treatment. But what will happen if some people do not place a crown after root canal treatment? The most common problem in the future is the risk of tooth cracking. If a tooth is cracked, repairing it will cost more money and waste more time, so a crown should be made early.

1. Why do you need a crown after root canal treatment?

You should know that a tooth that has undergone root canal treatment is equivalent to losing its pulp, just like a tree that has lost its roots. Without the pulp to supply nutrients, the tooth body, which is left with an empty shell around it, becomes more fragile and is in danger of splitting at any time during use! Never avoid crown restoration for teeth that have undergone root canal treatment in order to save money. Once a tooth is cracked, even if there is a chance to do a crown restoration, it will not be the original complete tooth. If the crack is serious, extracting the tooth and then replacing it with a denture will not only cost a lot of money, but the replaced tooth will not be your original tooth.

What to do after a tooth is cracked

1. Only individual tooth tips or a small part of the tooth are split, and most of the remaining tooth is stable

Treatment needed: The active part of the split can be removed and then restored with a crown

2. If the split has just occurred, the location is in the center of the tooth, both parts are not loose, there is no pain, the gums are not red and swollen, there is no biting pain, and there is no lesion at the root apex on the X-ray.

Treatment needed: The two parts of the tooth can be ligated securely and then restored with a crown. This method cannot guarantee 100% success. It is troublesome for doctors to perform and not all doctors are willing to do it.

3. If the split is in the middle of the tooth, the movement is obvious, and there are symptoms such as swelling and pain

Treatment needed: Removal is usually necessary. Three months after extraction, you can choose to have an implant denture, removable denture or fixed denture restoration depending on the indication. At this time, the cost of tooth extraction plus dentures far exceeds the cost of a crown repair.