Root canal/ Endodontics
A root canal is a procedure to treat a damaged or diseased tooth.
Millions of teeth are treated and saved this way each year, relieving pain and making teeth healthy again.
Inside your tooth, beneath the white enamel and a hard layer called dentin, is a soft tissue called pulp.
This tissue contains blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue, which help grow the root of your tooth during its development.
A fully developed tooth can survive without the pulp because the tooth continues to be nourished by the tissues surrounding it.
Endodontics
Endodontics
Modern dentistry and endodontics have elevated the treatment to be done in one or two appointments, depending on the condition of your tooth and your circumstances.
Getting a root canal is relatively painless and extremely effective. You’ll be back to smiling, biting, and chewing easily in no time!
Saving the natural tooth with root canal treatment has many advantages:
EFFICIENT CHEWING
NORMAL BITING FORCE AND SENSATION
NATURAL APPEARANCE
PROTECTION FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR OR STRAIN
FAQs
What are the symptoms that may warrant a root canal?
Some of the common symptoms of a root canal are visible injury, sensitivity, swelling around the tooth, and pain in the tooth or gums. If any of these symptoms are seen or felt, non-surgical root canal treatment is recommended. Moreover, fractured or cracked teeth also require root canal therapy.
Is a root canal painful?
No, root canal treatments are not painful. Some of the patients might feel tenderness after the treatment, but it can go away within 24 to 48 hours. Endodontists are experts at relieving pain. Once the recovery process is complete, most patients return to a life without the pain that led them to receive a root canal in the first place. Patients usually start to experience relief from the tenderness in 24 to 48 hours after a root canal.
Are there alternatives to root canal treatment?
Extraction is only an alternative to root canal treatment. The tooth can be replaced with a bridge, partial denture, or implant.
Do root canals involve removing the roots of the tooth?
That is a myth. Root canal treatment involves the removal of pulp from the tooth rather than removing the roots of a tooth. Roots hold the jaw bone and tooth.
What happens in a root canal procedure?
During the root canal procedure, the endodontist first removes the diseased and injured pulp, cleans the root canal system thoroughly, and seals it. Generally, the treatment gets completed within one or two visits, depending on the treatment required while requiring anesthesia. The success rate of root canal treatment is around 90-95%.
Why would I need a root canal procedure?
Root canal treatment is needed as the diseased pulp inside the tooth can cause severe pain and can also lead to tooth abscess.
Signs of pulp damage include pain, prolonged sensitivity to hot or cold liquids, discoloration of the tooth, swelling and tenderness in the nearby gums, and biting or chewing pain.
Do root canals require a lot of visits to the endodontist?
No, with the use of new technologies at the dental office, we complete our root canal treatment within one visit. However, if any complex situation arises, it may take 1-2 days.
If you removed the nerve, why does it still hurt?
Although removing the inflamed or infected pulp tissue (containing nerves and blood vessels) eliminates the source of inflammation, inflammation may still be present in the bone and ligament surrounding the tooth, causing discomfort. Most of the time your body’s immune system can heal this residual inflammation, but in some cases antibiotics and anti-inflammatories are needed to assist the healing process.
Contacts
Contact Details
ELITE DENTAL GROUP, 1249 W. Glenoaks Blvd Glendale, CA 91201
(818) 649-1772
ELITE DENTAL GROUP, 17800 Chatsworth St Granada hills, CA 91344
(818) 391-0000
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday: Closed
Contact Details
ELITE DENTAL GROUP, 1249 W. Glenoaks Blvd Glendale, CA 91201
(818) 649-1772
Post Address: 1249 W. Glenoaks Blvd Glendale, CA 91201
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday: Closed