Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics)

Root canal treatment, or endodontics, is used when the soft tissue inside a tooth — the pulp, which contains nerves and blood vessels — becomes inflamed or infected through deep decay, a crack or trauma. Left untreated this can cause pain and abscesses and ultimately the loss of the tooth. During treatment the dentist removes the diseased pulp, carefully cleans and shapes the fine canals inside the roots, disinfects them and then seals them with a root…

At MEDENT endodontic work is supported by a dental operating microscope, which magnifies and illuminates the canal system, and by 3D CBCT cone-beam imaging that helps map complex or curved canals before and during treatment — both associated with more predictable outcomes. Treatment is carried out under local anaesthetic and may be completed in one or more visits depending on the tooth and the level of infection; where appropriate the canals are first…