- Tooth decay, trauma or cracks can cause the nerves of teeth to die. When this occurs, your tooth can often still be saved with root canal therapy. Severe pain, swelling, sensitivity to hot or cold or a darkening tooth are signs that a root canal problem exists
- The purpose of root canal therapy is to eliminate tooth pain.
- Significant, constant pain, including pain that can wake you up at night.
- Increased symptoms specifically when you lie down.
- Significant sensitivity to hot or cold
- Pain upon chewing on that tooth.
- A darkening of color of only one tooth.
- The appearance of pimples or fistula in the gum.
- A tooth might need this therapy even in the ABSENCE OF ANY PAIN. This can occur if the damage to the nerve is so severe that all sensation of pain is lost. Root canal therapy may still be indicated to prevent the spread of infection, asymptomatically, in the surrounding jawbone.
- Diseased tooth with an abscess
- The dentist accesses the tooth pulp/nerve
- The root canals inside the tooth are cleaned and shaped
- The root canals are filled and sealed
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