What Indicates a Failed Root Canal Therapy (RCT)?
It is important to click out the pulp and nerve if your tooth is having issue such as decay or the infection. Your dentist will give you advice to do root canal therapy when the infection in your tooth starts spreading.
To prevent the infection and guard your tooth against developing other infections, it is necessary to do the root canal therapy. However, not every root canal therapy is successful. There are a few techniques, which will help you to tell that you have had a failed root canal therapy.
The below is the list of indications that clearly states that you are facing the failed root canal therapy, or you can say as RCT. So check out the details on each listed issue.
1. Swelling and soreness after the root canal therapy:
During the first few days, you will notice slight swelling around or in the treated tooth. If you have an unsuccessful root canal therapy, you will also notice soreness. Swelling indicates an infection that must be treated correctly. If you start feeling sudden extreme pain after the root canal therapy, then it doesn’t go perfectly. You know that the swollen tissue is delicate and sensitive. There are high chances of producing pus inside the swollen tissue.
2. After the root canal therapy, feeling pain and discomfort during recovery:
After the root canal therapy, when you are in your recovery period, you can feel pain and discomfort. It depends on the circumstances. Likewise, you can feel the pain and discomfort after having a cold or hot beverage. However, not everyone feels pain or discomfort.
3. Leakage of blood or pus from your gums after the root canal therapy:
After the root canal therapy, the gums around your treated tooth can leak blood or pus. This situation indicates the starting of an abscess. When an abscess will grow, you will eventually feel discomfort. So, it is important to remove the discharge.
4. Maxillary sinus infection caused by black tooth infection:
You know in a few cases, the infection in your black tooth can travel to the maxillary sinus. When this occurs, you will start having problems like runny nose, congestion, foul breath, stuffiness, and face and jaw pain. But this does not happen in every failed root canal therapy.
5. Boils or pimples on the jaw after the root canal therapy:
If you notice a boil or pimple on your jaw that is not going away, it can be because your body has a nasal tract that helps to drain any type of pus because of an illness. If this happens to you, then it clearly indicates a failed root canal therapy.
What are the reasons for a failed root canal therapy?
- If your endodontist places the crown too late, there are high chances of re-entering bacteria.
- If the seal that is used in your coronal region fails, you will be affected by bacteria.
- During the root canal therapy if a nerve remains missing, it leads to a failed therapy.
- If any amount of saliva gets into the hole during the root canal therapy, the therapy will no longer be successful. Saliva contains a variety of microorganisms, which is bad for the treatment.
- Sometimes, the root canal therapy might be compromised by recent tooth decay or damage because these conditions uncover the affected tooth to infection.