Root Canal

Saving teeth from extraction

If you have infected or inflamed pulp inside your tooth, root canal therapy can help to eliminate the infection and ensure the tooth is kept well-protected in future. Infection can occur if bacteria gets into the tooth via decay, a deep filling or damage.

This treatment, which is carefully performed using tiny instruments, can help save a tooth that may otherwise have to be extracted.

More facts about root canal therapy

• Root canal therapy is often thought of as being a painful process but, in reality, it is usually no more uncomfortable than having a normal filling.
• Following treatment, the tooth can continue to function, even though the ‘living’ pulp has been removed, because it is supported by the surrounding tissue and kept sealed against further infection.