Root Canal

Root Canal

Your teeth are supposed to last for a lifetime. Dental issues that can be tackled shouldn't be the reason for tooth extraction. In most cases, a root canal therapy will be the ideal solution to get relief.

What is Root Canal?
Specifically, "root canal" refers to the passage between a tooth's pulp area and the tooth nerves. Root canals, and their associated pulp chamber are the physical hollows within your tooth that include nerve tissue and blood vessels. Together, these natural components constitute the dental pulp.

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What is Root Canal Therapy?
A root canal therapy or endodontic treatment is performed when the dental pulp is affected due to decay, inflammation, trauma, or any other reason. The pulp, nerves, bacteria, and any decay are removed and space hence created is filled with special, medicated, dental materials, which restore the tooth to its full function.

Symptoms for Possible Root Canal Therapy
The signs can be either one of these symptoms or a combination of some of them.

● An abscess (or pimple) on the gums.
● Sensitivity to hot and cold foods and beverages.
● Chipped or fractured tooth.
● Severe toothache pain.
● Swelling and/or tenderness.
● Decay has reached the tooth pulp (the living tissue inside the tooth).
● Infection or abscess developed inside the tooth or at the root tip.
● Injury or trauma to the tooth.
● Foul taste around a tooth.

Under no circumstances should you ignore these tell-tale signs. Overlooking any of these dental issues may result in painful days and eventual tooth extraction.

Benefits of Root Canal Treatment
Out of the many advantages of this treatment, some of the significant ones include:

1. Complete comfort and no pain associated with a root canal will be felt
2. No sensitivity to hot or cold foods and beverages
3. No more infection in the tooth that can spread to other healthy teeth
4. Abscess formation stops
5. No need for tooth extraction

FAQs
● How long will the restored tooth last?
When properly restored and maintained, a tooth with a root canal filling can last for a decade or two.

● Is root canal treatment expensive?
A root canal procedure is less expensive than having a tooth removed and replaced with a dental implant.

● Is root canal treatment painful?
The process of treatment won't be painful as your dentist will use local anaesthesia to numb the area that has to be operated. But once the numbness subsides, you will feel the pain and discomfort. Your dentist will recommend the right post-root canal treatment care.

● Are there any complications involved?
The Dentist assures you that we will perform the entire process as of the therapy with complete focus and precision. We use the right techniques and tools which eliminates the chances of any complications or errors.

● How successful are root canal therapies?
Root canal treatment is highly successful. The procedure has more than a 95% success rate.