Root canal?

if my tooth is infected.. what will happen if i have a root canal?

Root canal?
The root canal procedure removes the soft tissue inside your tooth, which includes the nerves for that tooth. They numb you up, drill into the tooth, scrape out the soft tissure inside the tooth (which doesn't hurt, because they've numbed your mouth), disinfect it, and fill it up with an inert material. You may or may not need a crown over the remainder of the tooth.





The procedure itself DOES NOT HURT. Your jaw may be a little sore for the rest of the day (from holding your mouth open for an hour, and also because the dentist/endodontist is pushing at your tooth the whole time), but you will not require anything more than an over-the counter pain reliever. For one thing, if you have an infected tooth and are in pain because of it, you won't be in pain anymore because they've removed the nerve from the tooth.
Reply:they kill the nerve and the pain goes away
Reply:No, they do not kill the nerve. The nerve is removed and is replaced by an inert material. Then you will most likely need a crown after the root canal is completed.
Reply:Nothing. YOu'll get to save the tooth. If it is infected, (pain is the thing you will notice) the puss destroys the gums, and the bone, then you loose it for sure. Go get the root canal... they are painless, just noisy... ask him to give you some ear phones with some music you like.
Reply:A root canal allows the dentist to get direct access to the infection and clean it out. They use sterile instruments to clean each canal, flush the area with an irrigation solution, usually made of part bleach/part water. Once the canals are cleaned and shaped and accessed to the tip of the root they fill the canals with a substance called Gutta Percha. The Gutta Percha are orange cone shaped rubber plugs that will be compacted into the canals with a canal sealing cement and heat is applied on the very top portion of the canal to seal it from that area as well. Root canals are meant to seal the tooth from further infection or abscess, but occasionally they do need to be retreated or an apico procedure is done if the apex or tip of the tooth is not completely sealed.