Root Canals
What is a Root Canal?
At the center of your tooth is pulp. Pulp is a collection of blood vessels that helps to build the surrounding tooth. Infection of the pulp can be caused by trauma to the tooth, deep decay, cracks, and chips, or repeated dental procedures. Symptoms of the infection can be identified as visible injury or swelling of the tooth, sensitivity to temperature, or pain in the tooth and gums.
What is endodontic treatment?
Endodontic treatment involves the inside of the tooth. 'Endo' is the Greek word for 'inside' and 'odont' is Greek for 'tooth.' traumatic injuries. To understand endodontic treatment, it helps to know something about the anatomy of the tooth. Inside the tooth, under the white enamel and a hard layer called the dentin, is a soft tissue called the pulp. The pulp contains blood vessels, nerves, an... Read More
Surgery
Surgical Root Canal Treatment
Generally, a root canal is all that is needed to save teeth with injured pulp from extraction.
Occasionally, this non-surgical procedure will not be sufficient to heal the tooth and one of our doctors will recommend surgery.
Endodontic surgery can be used to locate fractures or hidden canals that do not appear on X-rays but still manifest as pain in the tooth. Damaged root surfaces or the surrounding bone may also be treated.
The most common surgery used to save damaged teeth is an apicoectomy or root-end resection.