Seeing Your Endodontist About A Dental Emergency

Tooth injuries can be devastating to your smile as well as painful. While your immediate concern can be with the pain you are in after hurting a tooth, you can also worry about the possibility that your tooth is going to be permanently lost. A severe injury, or one that affects a hard-to-treat area of the tooth, can be difficult for a general dentist’s office to treat. At our El Paso, TX endodontic treatment office, we can handle a serious injury by locating the source of your tooth trouble and providing the appropriate care. The services we offer will include surgical care like apicoectomy, which allows us to resolve problems that are difficult to reach.

A Serious Tooth Injury Can Be Difficult For A General Dentist To Treat Properly

A severe injury may leave you with little tooth structure to restore, or it could affect an area like a tooth’s roots, which can prove difficult to access and treat. In situations like these, it can be difficult to find a general dentist ready to offer the necessary treatments that make saving the tooth possible. With a visit to your endodontist, you gain access to advanced imaging technology, including microscopes, and services that address internal injuries and damages that require oral surgery to treat. By doing this work, it is possible to prevent a tooth extraction from occurring. Moving forward with the removal of a tooth will leave you in need of prosthetic treatment to fully restore your smile and bite function.

What Your Endodontist Can Do To Restore A Damaged Tooth

After fully examining an injured tooth and seeing what can be done to save it, your endodontist will move forward with treatment. That may mean performing oral surgery, which means a portion of your periodontal tissues is manipulated to give us access to normally unreachable portions of a tooth. It can also involve a traditional root canal procedure. One thing your endodontist can do is take care of an injured tooth that has been treated in the past; by performing retreatment, we can make sure your tooth is properly restored again and remains in good condition.

Rebuilding Tooth Structure To Support A Restoration

One obstacle to a tooth’s restoration is excess damage to the crown, or the portion that resides above your gum line. Without enough left in place, there may be no way to successfully keep a dental crown in position. Through services like Post And Core and Core Buildup, your endodontist can respond to this problem by rebuilding what has been damaged or lost, enabling your dentist to place a permanent restoration.

Omni Endodontics Can Help With A Dental Emergency

In the event that you experience a dental emergency, Omni Endodontics is prepared to help! To find out how we can effectively evaluate and restore the health of your tooth, call our dentist’s office in El Paso, TX at 915.990.3636!