Such people who would absolutely fearlessly go to the dentist, maybe, and exist, but they, most likely, can be counted on fingers. Any procedure at this expert seems frightening and more often delivers many unpleasant sensations. No exception and removal of the dental nerve. This mini-operation should be familiar to everyone. It is she who helps to soothe even the most powerful toothache .
When is the dental nerve removed?
In fact, the nerve is a clot of nervous endings, mixed with blood vessels. Outwardly it resembles a small worm, but in fact it is a rather complex formation. It is in every tooth. Responsible for his reaction to external and internal stimuli. Accordingly, subsequently removing the nerve, the tooth can be easier to fracture. Therefore, dentists try to resort to surgery only in extreme cases.
Unqualified indications for removal are:
- mechanical damage;
- deep caries;
- unsuccessfully conducted treatment (when the doctor accidentally touches the pulp chamber).
Sometimes the nerve is removed during prosthetics. This is not always required - only when the prosthesis installation does not do without opening the nerve chamber.
How is the pulp removed?
For a long time there was only one method of removing the dental nerve - arsenic. Access to the pulp was opened, the medicine was poured in for several days, it killed the nerve and then it was removed together with the "worm" and the tooth was sealed.
Modern facilities allow you to conduct an operation in only half an hour. The nerve is removed by special tools under local anesthesia. After that, with the help of medicines, channels are cleaned, and the tooth is sealed .
As a result of this operation, toothache after removal of the nerve appears very rarely. When using arsenic, the pulp can come off too sharply, which is why the inflammation of nearby tissues often begins.