Responding To A Serious Tooth Injury

Significant tooth trauma can leave a person vulnerable to tooth loss. A general dentist may evaluate you and find that extraction is the approach to care that they recommend, but this does not mean your tooth is completely past the point of saving. By having a review with an endodontic treatment specialist, you can learn about services that address significant issues, including issues that affect harder to reach areas of the tooth structure. Your El Paso, TX endodontist provides advanced services that can save teeth at risk for being lost. Whether the problem is with internal and less accessible trauma or problems with significant tooth structure harm, we can recommend helpful services!

Can A Tooth Be Restored After Physical Injury?

Physical injuries can have different effects on teeth based on the impact that they ultimately have. A minor chip or crack in your enamel is not something to ignore, but it is often something that a general dentist can address. However, when more significant injuries occur, the impact to your tooth’s inner structure or the amount of damage overall can limit your options for treatment. What can be done at this point to preserve your smile and restore your oral health? The answer will depend on a review—through the use of advanced imaging technology, our practice can carefully study a tooth in its vulnerable state and determine how we can effectively restore it while letting it remain in place.

Addressing The Loss Of Tooth Structure Through A Post And Core Or Core Buildup Procedure

The degree of harm to your tooth structure can take away treatment options by making it more difficult to place a restoration. As a result, your general dentist may suggest having it extracted so that a replacement prosthetic can close the space in your smile and preserve the way you look. What you can find is that through a Post And Core or Core Buildup, work can be done to add material to the structure in order to make a crown’s placement possible. The difference in approaches is based on the potential need to set a small metal post at the center of the tooth to help with stability.

Addressing Internal Harm Caused By Physical Trauma

When physical injuries cause harm within the tooth structure, endodontic care can benefit your well-being. That may mean undergoing root canal treatment, which clears damaged and infected tissues within the pulp along with bacteria. After this removal occurs, the space is sealed to prevent new issues. If an area out of the reach of a root canal must be treated, we can recommend more involved care, including oral surgery, to make sure the right work is performed.

Your El Paso, TX Endodontist Can Help You When You Suffer A Serious Tooth Injury

A serious tooth injury does not have to mark the end of your complete smile! If you would like to find out more, contact Omni Endodontics in El Paso, TX by calling 915.990.3636!