Did you just save a tooth that was severely damaged by decay or infection through a root canal therapy? Now, you are free of pain, and the discomfort is gone. But that is not quite it because you still have one thing left to do- placing of the crown. Dental crowns in Abu Dhabi help protect your tooth in the long term, once the infected nerves that have been troubling you have been removed. Once the root canal therapy is completed, and the pain is resolved, you need to understand that the tooth’s journey to full restoration is not yet done, unless this final, crucial step is done. Shield Medical Center makes custom-made dental crowns, which is a long-term protective shield for your teeth. Let’s explore further on why your tooth needs this essential protection. Crown helps prevent fracture, restores strength, and provides protective sealing against reinfection.
Root Canal Weakens the Tooth: The Solution is Dental Crowns In Abu Dhabi
After the root canal therapy, the dentist would advise you to place dental crowns. This is because post root canal, your tooth is likely to be structurally compromised for three key reasons:
1. Lack of Internal Moisture causes cracking
The dentist removes the infected pulp, nerves, and blood vessels within the tooth, but this could cause an internal imbalance because you are removing the tooth’s source of internal hydration as well.This could cause the tooth to become brittle and less flexible, not immediately, but over the course of time. And brittle teeth become more susceptible to cracking and fracturing under normal biting pressure.
2. Loss of Supporting Structure
Root canal therapy involves removing the central supporting structure of your teeth, because they need to create an access opening in the biting surface. This is the only way in which the dentist can access the infected pulp chambers, especially if there are large fillings. This is why dentists say that root canal can compromise the integrity of the tooth. Only a cap can protect the tooth so you can continue to chew without breaking.
3. Long-Term Exposure to Chewing Forces
Posterior teeth (molars and pre-molars) are susceptible to catastrophic vertical fractures because the internal stability provided by the pulp is no longer there. As you continue to chew or bite down, the break could extend below the gum line, rendering the tooth not only worthless, but there will be events that could cause an extraction. The crown can protect the teeth from further damage.
Dental Crown from Shield Medical Center Provides Three-Fold Protection
The dental crowns in Abu Dhabi provided by Shield Medical Center will successfully address all the three vulnerabilities that we mentioned above
Fracture Prevention and Restoring Strength – Placement of crown can dramatically reduce the risk of the vertical fractures that are likely to happen with root canal teeth.
Superior Sealing Against Reinfection – There will be some access points created during the RCT, and this is where oral bacteria and saliva. The crown provides sufficient sealing that ensures protection from painful reinfection.