Endodontic treatment helps you maintain your natural smile, continue eating the foods you love and limits the need for ongoing dental work.
What causes a root canal?
- Decay is the main reason. If a cavity becomes large enough, bacteria can enter your pulp chamber or nerve. It causes pain, and sometimes, an infection.
- Trauma to your tooth can also expose your pulp chamber, damage your nerve and cause pain.
How do you know if you need a root canal?
- Severe toothache pain from chewing.
- Your tooth hurts longer than it should after exposure to hot or cold temperatures.
- Darkening or discoloration of the tooth.
- Swollen and tender gums surrounding a tooth, or a "rotten" taste in your mouth.
- Dental abscess.
