Root Canal Therapy at Verve Dental
If your tooth has become infected, it may be possible to save it with root canal treatment. Using the most up-to-date and modern processes, Verve Dental has been providing painless root canal treatment to patients for over 30 years.
What is a root canal?
If the pulp or nerve of your tooth has become infected, it is only possible through root canal treatment to clean and remove this infection. Doing this will avoid (further) pain, infections and abscesses. If left unchecked, the infection from inside your tooth can spill into the surrounding jawbone and eat away at the bone. This can sometimes lead to permanent bone loss and loss of teeth.
Depending on the type of tooth (incisor, premolar or molar) and the number and complexity of the actual canals, the cost will be quoted to you before commencement. Once the root canal treatment is completed, it is recommended that a porcelain crown be made to protect the tooth from further damage.
Of course, this is always an option. It must also be weighed against living with the missing tooth and replacing the tooth. Sometimes, saving the tooth is better than having it removed. Alternatively, if the tooth is heavily damaged, you sometimes have no choice but to have it removed.
If done well and along with a Dental Crown that seals the tooth, it should last many decades. However, a root canal tooth is more prone to fracturing than a normal tooth, and care must be taken.
A tooth is made up of
- Enamel – The hard outer layer of the tooth.
- Dentine – This forms the core and gives the basic shape to the tooth which supports the enamel, it is softer than enamel but harder than bone.
- Pulp – Is the central part of the tooth which contains nerves and blood vessels and lies within the root canal
The reason the pulp would die
- Caries – If caries ‘decay’ is left it will travel through the enamel and dentine down into the pulp chamber
- Trauma – A severe knock that affects the pulp
- Severe Gum Disease – The gum detaches itself from the tooth, creating a gap between the tooth and the gum. Bacteria then gets trapped, causing an infection which can infect the pulp
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