We Should Remind That the Importance of Root Canal Irrigation to Prevent Post-Endodontic Pain

Summary

I think that the cause of post endodontic pain after root canal treatment is the extrusion of debris, not the mechanical damage by the files at the periapical tissues. The debris, in this case, means, which caused during root canal preparation procedures, dentin chips, pulp tissue, microorganisms.
And I also think that it is very important that the irrigation of the root canal, especially in its apical third.

The post endodontic pain after endodontic treatment, of course, we don’t like it. It is because the patient will be in pain.

Therefore, we are an effort to prevent occurring the post-endodontic pain after the root canal treatment.

Post endodontic pain after the root canal treatment usually occurs from apically extruded debris, not the mechanical damage by the files.

The debris stem from the root canal shaping procedure. In general, those were made of dentin chips, pulp tissue, microorganisms. If they extruded into periapical tissue, whatever the degree, we should assume that inflammation will occur.

Thus I think that it is very important to irrigate the root canal to remove it routinely during root canal treatment.

Now, I will write about the specific technique of how I perform root canal irrigation at another time.

The above image is a great textbook on root canal irrigation written in Japanese (Chiro Kobayahi 「根管洗浄よりよい治癒を目指して」).

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