{"id":5939,"date":"2022-04-03T20:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T18:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/?page_id=5939"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:28:36","slug":"endodontic-therapy-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/information-for-patients\/endodontic-therapy-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Endodontic Therapy &#8211; What does it mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The best dental treatment for patients.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"blockquote\"><span class=\"mfn-blockquote-icon\"><i class=\"icon-quote\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><blockquote class=\"mfn-inline-editor\">Most modern treatment concepts in conjunction with up to date high-technology enable more successful treatment outcome.<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<p>Scientific advancements in dentistry assure the best possible dental treatment for patients.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek words endo (\u1f14\u03bd\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd\u00a0) and odont (\u1f40\u03b4\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2) when put together mean the inside of the tooth. Endodontics is therefore concerned with the treatment of the tooth\u2019s interior.<\/p>\n<h4>What is so hard about root-canal treatment?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tooth\u2019s root-canal system is comparable to the roots of a tree, and is composed of a set of branches, some of which can be no wider than a human hair. Traditional endodontic practice only treats the main branches, as the finer elements cannot be observed or reached without deploying a surgical microscope. This can result in new or persistent disease developing after traditional root-canal treatment, and may ultimately result in the tooth loss.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1269 roundcorner shadow alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"Wurzelbehandlung\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wurzelbehandlung_1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"230\" \/><strong>Picture from a scanning\u00a0electron\u00a0microscope showing an insufficiently obturated root-canal:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Root-canal filling.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Bacterial colonization.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1271 roundcorner shadow alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"Wurzelbehandlung\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wurzelbehandlung_2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"160\" \/><strong>Incomplete root-canal fillings:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-998\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"3\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Broken dental files that remain in the root.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Overly widened root-canals\u00a0which weaken the tooth.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"5\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Jawbone inflammation caused by infected root-canals.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full roundcorner shadow alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"Wurzelbehandlung\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wurzelbehandlung_3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"149\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"6\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Destruction of a root\u00a0due to improper preparation for a post.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"7\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"20\" \/> Filling material\u00a0leaking into the jawbone, resulting in inflammation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best dental treatment for patients. Scientific advancements in dentistry assure the best possible dental treatment for patients. The Greek words endo (\u1f14\u03bd\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd\u00a0) and odont (\u1f40\u03b4\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2)<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5937,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5939","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5939"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7048,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5939\/revisions\/7048"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontius.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}