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Root Canal Treatment

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Problems root canal can help:

Toothache
Severe tooth sensitivity
Abscessed toot
Extensive decay
Trauma to your tooth
Failing dental restorations
Large crack or chip in tooth enamel
Leaky dental crown

At a glance:

Root canal treatment can help relieve tooth pain and save the tooth from extraction
Root canal appointments are usually last up to an hour
Treatment can done under Dental sedation if your nervous

What is root canal treatment

Contrary to how they appear, your teeth are not solid; they are hollow on the inside with a soft centre filled with nerve tissue and blood vessels. Your teeth have roots that anchor your teeth in the underlying bone, and each root has one or more tubes (canals) that house the nerves and blood vessels of the tooth.

When your tooth is damaged or infected, the nerves send out pain signals.

Sometimes, the only way to stop the pain is to remove the nerve from the tooth and seal it off, which is exactly what a root canal does.

Process

What happens in a root canal appointment?
Do you have gum disease? You may need treatment for periodontal disease if you suffer from the following symptoms:

You will have an X-ray taken of your tooth to evaluate the extent of the damage and plan your treatment.

Your dentist will numb your tooth and the surrounding gums with some local anaesthetic.

The dentist will drill a hole into your tooth to access the nerve chamber and canals.

The dentist will carefully clean your tooth to remove all traces of decay and to ensure that the nerve is gone.

Your tooth will be cleansed and treated with a medicament to prevent a new infection.

An additional X-ray image or two will be taken during or after your treatment to ensure that the tooth has been completely treated.

The dentist will fill your tooth to seal it off.

All of this happens within 60 minutes, depending on the complexity of your tooth’s anatomy.

Your treatment may not end there, however. Most teeth are very weak after root canal therapy and need to be reinforced. We will call you back for a new appointment one to three weeks after your root canal where the dentist will check your tooth to place a permanent filling or dental crown.