General dentistry
Root Canal in Sarasota
Treatment that saves a tooth whose inner pulp is infected or damaged, instead of losing the tooth.
- Also called
- Endodontic treatment
- Treats
- Infected or damaged pulp
- Saves
- The natural tooth
- Complex cases
- Referred to an endodontist
Inside every tooth is dental pulp. When it becomes infected or damaged the tooth is at risk, and root canal treatment, also called endodontic treatment, is what saves it.
Why saving the tooth is the goal
A natural tooth kept is better than a gap, and better than anything built to replace it. That is the whole argument for the procedure.
What an untreated nerve canal costs
Decay that reaches the nerve canal keeps going. Untreated it can mean infection or an abscess, and it can cost you a tooth that treatment would have kept.
Where this practice sends you
Root canals are an endodontist’s daily work. If your case belongs with one, you will be told so and referred.
What it treats
The problem is inside the tooth
Every tooth has dental pulp inside it. When that pulp is infected or damaged the tooth can be lost, and the practice notes it may lead to more serious problems if it is left alone. Root canal treatment deals with the pulp so the tooth itself can stay.
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If it is left
Decay does not stop at the nerve
Decay that reaches the nerve canal keeps going. Untreated it can mean infection or an abscess, and it can cost you a tooth that treatment would have saved.
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Who does the work
When this goes to a specialist
Root canal treatment is an endodontist’s specialty. Where your case is better handled by one you will be referred rather than treated here for the sake of it.
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Answers
Root Canal: questions patients ask
What is a root canal actually treating?
The dental pulp inside the tooth, when it is infected or damaged. The treatment is also called endodontic treatment.
Why not just take the tooth out?
Because keeping it is the point. A natural tooth saved is better than a gap, and better than anything built to replace it.
What happens if I leave it?
Decay that reaches the nerve canal can cause infection or an abscess, and can cost you the tooth.
Does Dr. Back do root canals?
Talk to the practice about your case. Root canal treatment is an endodontist’s specialty and you will be referred where that is the better route.
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