When you sustain a serious injury to your tooth, such as a fracture or broken structures, then you need endodontic treatment. With root canal therapy or an apicoectomy, our team can provide relief and prevent major complications. In today’s blog, your Londonderry, NH, dentist talks about addressing your traumatic dental injuries.
How to Respond to Your Injury
What happens when you crack or chip a tooth, or possibly break one? When this happens, don’t panic! First, see if you can receive any pieces of your tooth and if so, bring them to the office with you. If this isn’t possible, don’t worry, we can still address your traumatic dental injuries. Now, you should rinse with warm water and use cloth or gauze to control the bleeding. To prevent facial swelling, apply a cold compress to the side of your face. Call our office and if this occurs during normal business hours we will try to arrange for an appointment right away. If we are closed, then leave a message so we can reach out to you as soon as possible for an appointment.
Help with Endodontic Treatment
These injuries could expose the inner tissues to harmful bacteria, which means you need more than just a crown placement to protect your teeth from decay or infection. With endodontic treatments like a root canal or apicoectomy, our team can address the exposed portions of your interior tissues and protect your smile from pain and tooth loss. With a root canal, we will numb the smile and open the tooth to remove the inner tissues and replace them with a special filling. We then cap the tooth with a crown. If there is infection in the tooth roots, we may conduct root can surgery, or an apicoectomy, to address the issue at the source. These treatments can take one visit and protect your smile from worsening symptoms and complications like infection or tooth loss!
Protecting Smiles from Injury
We can talk about ways to better protect your smile if you play full contact sports. For example, we can discuss mouthguards to provide a greater layer of protection, creating custom ones that provide better protection than standard boil-and-bite ones from sporting goods stores. By practicing good oral hygiene, you prevent gum disease and cavities from weakening teeth, so they can better withstand injuries. If you have any questions about how we conduct a root canal to protect your smile, then contact our team today.
Do You Need Endodontic Treatment?
With root canal treatments, we can help address fractured and broken teeth and protect your smile from infections or even tooth loss. Contact My Dentist in Londonderry, NH at (603) 965-3407 to speak with our team and schedule your next visit.
