What is endodontic disease

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Dental pulp disease may be less heard of, and there has never been such a disease. Obviously, it is a disease of dental pulp tissue. Usually, it can be manifested as severe toothache, unbearable tooth discoloration and other adverse symptoms. Now let's talk about what is endodontic disease.

What is endodontic disease

First, pulp disease is a disease of pulp tissue, including pulpitis, pulp necrosis and pulp degeneration. Pulp tissue is in the tooth hard tissue, only through the apical foramen, accessory root canal contact with the outside world, pulp acute inflammation, vascular congestion, exudate accumulation, resulting in increased pressure in the pulp cavity, so that nerve compression, inflammatory exudate stimulation and pain is extremely severe.

Second: pulp disease can be divided into acute, chronic, pulp degeneration, pulp necrosis and gangrene. In acute stage, the pain is severe and intolerable, which is characterized by spontaneous pain, paroxysmal pain and nocturnal pain. It can also appear continuous jumping pain and dispersing pain, which can be diffused to the ear and temporal part, similar to migraine. Patients with disease attack are restless and pulpitis obviously affects their sleep, work and study.

Third: the most effective treatment for acute pulpitis is to immediately open the pulp cavity drainage, so that the inflammatory products and pus flow out, reduce the pressure in the pulp cavity, and quickly relieve pain. The teeth with pulpitis should be operated to remove the pulp to achieve the purpose of preserving the teeth. Without proper treatment, pulpitis can develop into periapical empyema, or even skull osteomyelitis, and the teeth can only be extracted.

matters needing attention

Patients with pulpitis disease during the illness to ensure oral health, frequent brushing, coupled with personal hygiene, but also can strengthen physical exercise. Diet should also avoid spicy and other types of food, so that the disease can be alleviated as soon as possible, but also to avoid further aggravation of the disease.