root canal treatment

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• Preserves Your Natural Tooth: Root canal treatment allows you to save your natural tooth, maintaining the integrity of your smile and preventing the need for extraction.
• Relieves Pain: If you're experiencing severe toothache, root canal treatment can alleviate your pain by removing the source of the infection.
• Prevents Infection Spread: Left untreated, an infected tooth can lead to serious complications, including abscesses and bone loss. Root canal treatment stops the infection from spreading to other teeth and tissues.

A root canal may sometimes take multiple appointments, depending on the tooth.  In a root canal procedure, the dentist will carefully remove the infected or damaged pulp, clean and shape the root canal itself, and disinfect it thoroughly.  The next step involves filling the root canals and pulp chamber with a material called gutta-percha to seal them off and prevent further infection.  Finally, the tooth is sealed with a temporary or permanent filling. 

Post-treatment care instructions will be provided, and a follow-up appointment may be scheduled to ensure proper healing.   Most often a crown is recommended after a root canal treatment.  This depends on if your tooth is in your bite and your bruxism (clenching and grinding) habits.