Extracting vs. Root Canal and Crown?
Yes, it’s costly to save a tooth, but if the tooth is extracted, this disrupts the balance of the oral cavity. Pulling the tooth will can cause teeth to shift and drift. There is a ligament around each tooth, this ligament caries a nerve channel called proprioception. Propreoception allows us to unconsciously know if we are biting on something hard or soft. It also gives us a sense of knowing when we are going to hit something such as the tooth above or below. When extracting a tooth, this proprioception is lost. By saving the tooth with a crown and root canal, the harmony of the oral cavity is not disturbed, neither is the proprioception.
