Root Canal Treatment

With root canal treatments, our highly trained team at The Cathedral Close Dental Practice can help restore a tooth to full function and leave our patients smiling happily again.

Root canal treatments are used to treat infection at the root/interior of the tooth and can restore a tooth to full function again. Causing great pain and sensitivity for the patient, dental pulp infection is a serious condition that, if left untreated, can lead to abscesses, a loose tooth, and eventually, tooth loss or the need for an extraction.

The majority of root canal treatments are completed in the following steps:

• First, we’ll apply a numbing cream before using a local anaesthetic so you don’t feel a thing.
• We’ll thoroughly clean the root canals and remove infection.
• We’ll fill the tooth with a rubber-type material that stops infection and protects the tooth.

In some cases, we may also need to apply a crown to restore the tooth to full function.

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