The disadvantages of teeth killing nerves

Teeth play an irreplaceable role in people's daily lives. If you have toothache, it will affect your normal life and you will be in great pain. Inflammation is a common cause of toothache. If the nerve of the tooth is also infected with inflammation, the condition will be quite serious and usually the nerve of the tooth needs to be cut off for treatment. So what effects does this treatment have on the human body? Let's listen to what the experts say.

First of all, let's distinguish a concept, dental nerve and dental pulp. Theoretically, they are not the same thing, and the dental nerve is part of the dental pulp. The dental pulp contains nerves, lymph, blood vessels and connective tissue. What we usually call "killing the nerve" is a step in root canal treatment. Root canal treatment is a relatively thorough method of treating dental pulp, including nerve extraction, root canal preparation, disinfection, and filling.

Don't kill the nerves of your teeth

In order to avoid pain and trouble, some doctors casually kill nerves for their clients. In fact, this practice is very wrong.

The tooth has lost its pulp, and the tooth has lost its

Without the nutritional supply from the dental pulp, the hard tissue of the tooth will lose its vitality, and the tooth will become a "dead" tooth. Over time, the tooth will age and become fragile, and it will be easy to split when biting hard objects. In addition, some people who have lost their dental pulp will experience tooth discoloration. This is why doctors recommend patients to get braces after completing the "nerve-killing" treatment, which also protects the teeth and makes them last longer.

As for whether or not to "kill the nerve" of your teeth, you need to evaluate the affected teeth and also evaluate the feasibility of the doctor's surgical operation based on the affected teeth.

For example, when pulpitis, apical periodontitis, or tooth fracture with exposed nerves occurs, if the tooth is severely painful but the tooth needs to be preserved, "nerve killing" can be performed. If it is just tooth decay and the pulp is not infected, there is no need to kill the nerve. The doctor will also try his best to preserve the tooth nerve.

Indications for root canal treatment: irreversible pulpitis, pulp necrosis, tooth resorption, apical periodontitis, traumatic teeth, transplanted teeth, reimplanted teeth, certain non-caries hard tissue diseases (severe enamel hypoplasia, severe wear, cracked teeth) and those with normal pulp due to other treatment needs.

Note: "Nerve killing" cannot be completed in one go. It needs to be treated step by step according to the condition of the affected tooth. Generally speaking, it takes 2-4 times to complete. In addition, "nerve killing" is more complicated and requires high equipment and doctor skills, so the treatment is time-consuming and the cost is relatively high.