Root Canal Treatment

Root-canal (endodontic) treatment is carried out when the soft tissue inside a tooth — the pulp, which contains its nerve and blood supply — becomes irreversibly inflamed or infected, often from deep decay, a crack or trauma. The dentist removes the diseased pulp, then cleans, disinfects and shapes the fine canals inside the roots before filling and sealing them, allowing a tooth that might otherwise need extraction to be retained. Because back teeth have…

Treatment may be completed in one or more visits depending on the tooth and the level of infection. Some tenderness when biting for a few days afterwards is common and settles as healing progresses. The clinic also offers endodontic retreatment (reendo) for teeth where a previous root filling has not resolved the problem or has become re-infected — this involves removing the old material, re-cleaning the canals and re-sealing them, and is priced…