...100% success!

Our endodontist did a root canal for a patient 6 months ago.

At the first consultation, our endodontist informed the patient that the success of root canal treatment for back teeth was about 90%. This patient said that if it was not 100% success, he would not do the treatment.

The patient came back subsequently and decided to proceed with the root canal treatment despite it being reiterated to him that success rate will not be 100%. His treatment was completed 6 months ago and the patient was told repeatedly that after the completion of the root canal treatment, the tooth needed to be crowned to prevent it from form cracking or splitting.

Compounding his problem was the fact that the gums around that tooth in question had also receded and trapping food. As we all know, when food get wedged in our gums, there will definitely be some sensitive sensation.

Unfortunately, the patient kept perceiving the wedged food sensation as a sign that the root canal was not successful. He was even instructed on how to floos between his teeth to dislodge the food and at the same time reminded to get his crown done immediately.

The patient refused to floss his teeth and kept insisting that if the root canal was not 100% successful, he would not get his crown done.

Finally, he returned yesterday because the tooth had split.

If you have a root canal tooth at the back of your mouth that is not crowned, please come and see us immediately so that we can assess if a crown is necessary in order to save your tooth.