{"id":24059,"date":"2020-09-01T18:55:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T17:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/?page_id=24059"},"modified":"2020-09-08T14:13:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:13:32","slug":"root-canal-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/root-canal-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Root Canal Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Root canal has a reputation for being unpleasant, but please let us reassure you that today\u2019s modern root canal therapy is considered as routine as getting a filling.<\/strong><\/p>

Root canal treatment (also known as \u2018endodontics’) is needed when the blood or nerve supply of the tooth (called the \u2018pulp’) is infected through decay or injury. You may not feel any pain in the early stages of the infection. In some cases your tooth could darken in colour, which may mean that the nerve of the tooth has died (or is dying). This would need root canal treatment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If the pulp becomes infected, the infection may spread through the root canal system of the tooth. This could eventually lead to an abscess. The symptoms of an abscess can range from a dull ache to severe pain, and the tooth may be tender when you bite. If root canal treatment is not done, the infection will spread and the tooth may need to be taken out.<\/span><\/p>

The aim of the treatment is to remove all the infection from the root canal. The root is then cleaned and filled to prevent any further infection.<\/p>

Root canal treatment is a skilled and time-consuming procedure. Most courses of treatment will involve two or more visits to your dentist.<\/p>

At the first appointment, the infected pulp is removed and any abscesses can be drained. The root canal is then cleaned and shaped ready for the filling. A temporary filling is put in and the tooth is left to settle.<\/p>

The tooth is checked at a later visit and when all the infection has cleared, the tooth is permanently filled<\/p>

The treatment is painless, a local anaesthetic is used and it should feel no different to having an ordinary filling done. There may be some tenderness afterwards but this should gradually get less over time.<\/p>

After the treatment is complete your dentist may suggest having a crown fitted, this will protected your tooth and prevent the tooth from splitting.<\/p>

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Root Canal Treatment Root canal has a reputation for being unpleasant, but please let us reassure you that today\u2019s modern root canal therapy is considered as routine as getting a filling. Root canal treatment (also known as \u2018endodontics’) is needed when the blood or nerve supply of the tooth (called the \u2018pulp’) is infected through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ferndaledental.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}