If you begin to encounter the potential warning signs of an infected tooth, such as persistent pain in a tooth, then you need to see our team. With a root canal, we can provide relief and prevent the risk of tooth loss. In today’s blog, your Londonderry, NH, dentist discusses helping smiles with a root canal.
The Warning Signs of an Infected Tooth
How do you know if you have an infected tooth? A dental infection means that harmful bacteria have the chance to reach the inner pulp, your tooth’s nerve center. This could happen when a cavity isn’t treated and reaches an advanced stage, or due to injury to the tooth. When this happens, you need treatment to not only bring relief, but prevent the risk of tooth loss, keeping your smile whole. Warning signs could include painful toothaches and sensitivity in the tooth that last for more than a day or two, or possibly aches when you bite down or chew. There could be headaches and facial pain, aches in the jaw, or even a discharge from the tooth itself. When you encounter these potential warning signs, please see our team right away for a diagnosis!
Root Canal Therapy
Our team will examine your smile with digital imaging technology, such as digital x-rays, so we can peer inside the tooth with precision and identify the presence of an infection. We can then plan treatment in detail. With the root canal, we will gently open the tooth loss that can easily reach and remove the tissues from within. We then clean the inside of the tooth and replace the tissues with a special restorative material known as gutta percha. The final step is to cap the tooth with a special crown, one custom-made for your smile to ensure a lifelike appearance and protection against further injury, decay, or infection in the years to come.
Keeping You Comfortable
We always take measures to ensure our patients are comfortable, even if they have a serious fear of the dentist or special needs that could complicate treatment. To keep you cozy, we could discuss three possible sedation options, and choose the best one to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, with little to no memory of the procedure at all. Everyone deserves to enjoy a positive experience as the work to gain the healthy and beautiful smile they want!
If you have any questions about how we treat an infected tooth with a root canal, or if you have pain on a tooth you want to see addressed, then contact our team today.
Ready to Treat Your Infected Tooth?
Our team wants to treat your infection and keep your smile comfortable and whole. Contact My Dentist in Londonderry, NH at (603) 965-3407 to speak with our team and schedule your next visit.
