A toothache can lead to difficulty getting through your day, and could also indicate the presence of a serious issue, such as advanced tooth decay or even an infected tooth. To enjoy relief from your discomfort, you may benefit from an endodontic treatment option. In today’s blog, your El Paso, TX, dentist talks about how we can help ease toothaches with a root canal.
Toothaches and Dental Infection
When a tooth is suffering from a severe cavity or an infection, you could develop painful sensitivity when you bite down or chew. You could also experience toothaches that don’t subside with time and instead only grow in severity. Without treatment to handle this, the pain could become worse and you could risk the loss of your tooth and the spread of infection to other parts of your smile. When you have severe pain in a tooth, we can offer an endodontic treatment. With options like root canal therapy, we can handle problems with the interior of your tooth. This stops discomfort and helps preserve your smile!
Planning Your Endodontic Treatment
To begin the process, we will examine your smile with digital x-rays, which use 90% less radiation and provide high-definition images instantly chairside. We can see the interior of your tooth in detail and identify the presence of a cavity or infection. Our team can then decide if you need a traditional root canal. If the infection is located at the tip of a root, we could instead offer a root canal surgery to target the area with precision. Our team will also administer a local anesthetic to help numb the area, and we can discuss the use of sedation to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, even if you have dental anxiety!
Relief with a Root Canal
To start the treatment, our team will open the tooth and access the interior, so we can remove the tissues from within. We then clean the inside of the tooth in detail before we add a special restorative filling known as gutta percha. The last step is to cap the tooth with a custom and lifelike dental crown, which can protect the remaining structure and interior from further decay or infection, and also match the rest of your smile. This halts discomfort and protects your smile from the spread of infection!
If you have any questions about the root canal process, then contact our team today to learn more.
Do You Have Questions About Endodontic Treatment?
Treating the source of your toothache can protect your smile from major complications down the road. To schedule an appointment for endodontic treatment with Omni Endo in El Paso, TX, please call 915.990.3636.