Root Canal Treatment refers to the process by which a dentist treats the inner aspect of a tooth, cleans the infected canals and nerve inside tooth with medication, and permanently seal & filled the canal so that the bacteria will not re-enter the canals. If your tooth’s nerve chamber becomes infected by decay, root canal treatment is often the only way to save your tooth.

Inside your tooth’s hard outer shell is a nourishing pulp of blood vessels. Lymph vessels and nerves. The root canals, which contain the pulp, extend to the bone.

Deep tooth decay, or an injury, can cause serious damage and infection to the pulp’s nerves and vessels. Root canal, or endodontic, treatment cleans out the infected pulp chamber and repairs the damage.

Some indications of the need for root canal treatment may be:

• Spontaneous pain or throbbing while biting.
• Sensitivity to hot and cold foods.
• Severe decay or an injury that creates an abscess (infection) in the bone.