Root canal is a dental procedure administered to a tooth that has become badly infected by dental caries that a traditional tooth filling cannot solve.
In such cases, the infection in the tooth will have encroached into the pulp tissue. The pulp involvement will bring tooth sensitivity that is often excruciating. Only a root canal treatment or a tooth extraction can resolve this issue.
Since a tooth extraction is irreversible and will result in the loss of the tooth, a tooth replacement will be advised. However, our root canal treatment is often the best choice. Root canal is strongly advised when the pulp of the tooth has become critically inflamed and infected. The infection or inflammation can have various causes such as deep tooth decay, repeated dental procedures on the same tooth, fracture with pulp exposure etc.
When tooth decay goes untreated, it can result in pulp infection and when a root canal is prescribed. You can expect for the following to take place: