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| Root Canals |
| What is a root canal? |
| Inside the dentin of your tooth underneath the enamel is a soft tissue called the pulp. The pulp carries the toothes veins, nerves, arteries, and lymph vessels. A root canal is a division of the pulp that runs from the top of the pulp down to the root of the tooth. When the pulp gets infected by a bacteria or other trauma it can cause the pulp to die or become severely damaged. Initially, someone expiriencing damaged tooth pulp will feel pain when biting down on their teeth. Eventually the bacteria can spread to the bone and cause serious damage in the mouth. |
| Root Canal Therapy |
| The most common way to treat damaged or dead pulp is by root canal therapy. Root canal therapy is a procedure done to save the damaged or dead pulp in the root canal of the tooth by cleaning out the diseased pulp and reshaping the canal. The canal is filled with gutta percha, a rubberlike material, to prevent recontamination of the tooth. The tooth is then permanently sealed with a post and/or a gold or porcelain crown. This enables patients to keep the original tooth. The other alternative is to remove the tooth which then leaves a gap in your smile where other teeth will move into and cause your teeth to be misaligned. A bridge or implant can be placed in this space but can cost more to a patient then a root canals procedure. |
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