Your child should wait for the anesthetic to wear off before eating or drinking hot liquids.
Dr. Kim will need to perform an oral exam during your consultation to determine if a pulpotomy is the right treatment for your tooth.
After numbing your mouth with a local anesthetic, we will use a dental drill to make a hole in the tooth. This will reveal the tooth’s pulp.
The crown portion of the dental pulp will be scraped out.
A medicated filling is placed inside and the access hole is sealed. Stainless steel crowns are usually used in the rear molars to protect the teeth from damage.
Experiencing discomfort for longer than 48 hours after a pulpotomy is abnormal and you should contact us if this happens.
After receiving a pulpotomy, you may experience some minor bleeding, swelling, and tenderness for a few hours. However, this should subside rather quickly and can be managed by taking anti-inflammatory pain medication.
Once the procedure is complete, the infection will have been completely removed and your tooth restored. However, if you were prescribed antibiotics, make sure that you take all of them.
No, a pulpotomy does not hurt because we administer a local anesthetic to completely numb your mouth. While you may feel a bit of pressure or sensation of movement in your mouth, you will not feel any pain. A pulpotomy is very comparable to a routine feeling and is no more painful than a filling. If anything, a pulpotomy will cure your tooth pain that is being caused by an infection so it reduces pain and discomfort.
Pulpotomies have a high success rate that is comparable to root canals.
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