Entonces, tiene una gran caries y los empastes ya no son una opción, o se fracturó el diente y le duele mucho.En este punto, su dentista podría ofrecerle dos opciones: tratamiento de conducto o extracción.Si está leyendo esto, probablemente no haya decidido cuál elegir.

Spoiler: siempre es mejor mantener los dientes naturales el mayor tiempo posible.Sabemos que duele mucho, pero no te cortarás un brazo solo porque duele, ¿verdad?¿Por qué harías lo mismo con tus dientes?

Tanto los tratamientos de conducto como las extracciones tienen sus pros y sus contras.Aquí te los explicaremos en detalle para que puedas entender por qué un tratamiento de conducto es mejor que una extracción.

 A la hora de elegir entre un tratamiento de conducto y una extracción, hay varios aspectos a tener en cuenta:

Dolor durante y después del procedimiento.

Extracción.Se le administrará anestesia para reducir o tal vez incluso no sentir el dolor, según la ubicación del diente y la forma de sus raíces.

Pero tenga en cuenta que está extrayendo un diente completo, por lo que el dolor después del procedimiento será algo serio que tratar.

Root Canal. Contrary to what pop culture says, root canals aren’t the soul-wrenching painful procedure that they used to be anymore. Over 20 years ago the FDA approved anesthetics that prevented your tooth from feeling pain at all, even though the popular culture has kept the idea as a common joke when talking about painful or uncomfortable situations. But this isn't true anymore,e’ve had patients falling asleep during a root canal!

After the procedure you might experience medium or slight inflammation, but nothing that the prescribed medicine your dentist will give you won’t be able to handle.

Recovery time

Extraction. You will have to take anti-inflammatory medicines and painkillers for several days, your diet will have to change for a couple of days, as well as a long list of precautions that your dentist will give you after the extraction.

You will need to wait a few weeks until your gum heals so you can start the restoration process.

Root Canal. You will be able to eat as soon as the numbness is gone, just taking care of not chewing something too hard or sticky on the root canal area.

Restoration can start on the very same appointment, if possible.

Initial Cost

Extraction. If you’re dealing with a tooth that isn’t a wisdom tooth, your general dentist will most likely be able to perform the extraction himself or herself. Since no specialist is needed, the price will be lower than a root canal’s.

Root Canal. A root canal has to be performed by a specialist, it is not advised to be performed by a general dentist. Specialist procedures have a higher cost than average.

Total Cost

Extraction. Removing a tooth is simple, but replacing it definitely isn’t, and it’s not too cheap either. Now that you have a missing tooth you’re in a race against time to replace it in order to avoid undesirable consequences, and this means a big money inversion in a short amount of time.

A missing tooth can be replaced with an implant, a fixed bridge or a partial bridge. Depending on your situation, you could be paying a lot as a private patient or just co-payments because you have dental insurance, but you will definitely be paying more than if you had chosen to get a root canal done.

Root Canal. The restoration steps after a root canal are quite simple: You will need a post and a crown, sometimes even a crown lengthening, or maybe none of the above, depending on your tooth’s size.

Their pricing depend on whether you’re a private or insured patient and where you’re getting the job done, whether it’s in USA or outside the country, but overall the total amount will be lower than the cost of restoring an extracted tooth.

En resumen, cuando se le da la opción entre un conducto radicular y una extracción, sugerimos elegir unconducto radicular por tener muchos más pros que contras en comparación con una extracción.Por supuesto, habrá un par de casos en los que un tratamiento de conducto tendrá una tasa de éxito baja y se recomendará ir directamente a una extracción, pero no son comunes.

Si necesita un tratamiento de conducto o una extracción dental, puede llamarnos a Dental Studio y programar una cita.¡Estaremos encantados de ayudarte!