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What is a Root Canal?
Why do I need a Root Canal?
What is the procedure for a Root Canal?
What is a Root Canal?
Root Canal Therapy is part of the treatment category of
Endodontics, which involves treatment of the inside of the
tooth.
In a Root Canal, the source of infection and/or inflammation
causing dental pain is treated, so the tooth can be preserved. The
nerve and pulp inside the tooth is removed and replaced with an
inert material.
Why do I need a Root
Canal?
The most common reasons your Dentist will recommend a Root Canal
are as follows:
Presence of extensive dental decay which penetrates the enamel
and continues to the central pulp and nerve of the tooth.
An infection or abscess inside the tooth.
Accumulative effects of numerous treatments such as drilling,
heat, and fillings to a damaged tooth
Traumatic injury to a tooth, such as an accidental blow to the
mouth, or other cause of a crack in the tooth
Because of these conditions, the vital pulp of the tooth is either
dead, infected and/or inflamed.
What is the procedure for a
Root Canal?
A hole is made in the side or top of the tooth, and the interior
pulp and nerve tissue of the tooth is removed, down to the tip of
each root.
The newly cleaned interior of the tooth is filled with an inert
material to seal the tooth interior, and a temporary filling or cap
is placed over the tooth.
Another appointment follows with your regular dentist, in which
a permanent filling or crown is placed over the tooth.
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