Have you been suffering from intense toothache for a long time? Have painkillers not been solving any problems for you? The fact of the matter is it could be the decay of the root of your tooth, and this can cause serious problems for your teeth. And you will need to undergo root canal treatment to effectively stop the toothache and relieve you from pain.

Many tooth decay problems involve infections that spread from the inner chamber of the tooth containing blood vessels, nerves and other tissues. When this infection becomes worse, it starts to affect the root of the tooth. A traumatic injury to a tooth can also cause these problems.

Occasionally, the nerve in a tooth can die. This can cause an unbearable toothache that prevents you doing normal daily tasks. You can administer medication and this minimises your symptoms short term but the toothache and the state of your tooth will worsen unless the inflamed and dying nerve, is removed. Root canal is a way of removing the damaged nerve but at the same time saving the tooth.
The procedure entails that your dentist will make a small space within the tooth that is occupied by the nerve to extract the dying or decayed root. They will then clean and disinfect the part of the tooth and root that was damaged and then re-seal it so that there is no further complication to your tooth.

This treatment effectively saves the tooth, as the tooth does not require blood supply from the nerve, for its successful function. No longer should you have to suffer from toothache, consult your dentist today to see if you need root canal treatment.