Root Canal Treatment

Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics): The Solution That Ends Severe Toothache and Saves Your Tooth

Root canal treatment, which people often approach with fear and assume to be a painful process, is in fact not a cause of pain; it is one of the most important preventive dental procedures, relieving existing severe pain and keeping a tooth that is about to be extracted in the mouth. Endodontics, as it is known medically, is the whole of the treatment applied when the nerve-vessel bundle (pulp) in the innermost part of the tooth, which gives the tooth its vitality, becomes diseased or infected.

Why Is Root Canal Treatment Needed?

Beneath the hard layers of the tooth such as enamel and dentin lies the pulp, a soft tissue that nourishes the tooth and lets it feel. Deep cavities, physical blows to the tooth (trauma) or gum disease can let bacteria reach this living tissue. Infected pulp cannot heal itself and becomes inflamed. If this is not treated, it leads to an abscess at the root tip, severe pain and ultimately loss of the tooth. Root canal treatment is the most reliable way not to lose your natural tooth and not to have to replace it with an implant or a bridge.

How Do You Know You Need Root Canal Treatment?

If you experience one or more of the following symptoms, the nerve tissue of your tooth may be damaged:

• Severe, throbbing toothache that wakes you from sleep, especially at night.
• Prolonged sensitivity to hot or cold food and drink that does not go away.
• Sharp pain when eating, chewing or when the tooth is touched.
• Swelling, redness or pimple-like blisters on the gum around the problem tooth.
• Visible dark discoloration (darkening) of the tooth.

How Is Root Canal Treatment Performed Step by Step? Does It Hurt?

In modern dentistry, root canal treatment is, contrary to what many believe, as comfortable as a routine filling. Because the tooth and surrounding tissues are completely numbed with strong local anesthetics during the procedure, the patient feels no pain or discomfort. In general, the process goes as follows:

1. Cleaning and Access: The decayed tissue is cleaned and a small cavity is opened to reach the infected nerve tissue (pulp) inside the tooth. 2. Shaping the Root Canals: The inflamed tissue inside the thin canals extending toward the roots of the tooth is carefully cleaned using special nickel-titanium rotary instrument systems and the canals are enlarged. 3. Disinfection: The inside of the canals is repeatedly rinsed and disinfected with special solutions to rid them completely of bacteria. 4. Filling the Canals: The cleaned and shaped root canals are firmly filled in a leak-proof way with special tissue-friendly filling materials (gutta-percha) to prevent bacterial leakage again. 5. Final Restoration: Because teeth that have had root canal treatment lose their vitality, they can become brittle over time. For this reason, depending on the amount of lost tooth structure, the upper part of the tooth is strengthened with porcelain fillings (inlay/onlay) or crowns to finish the treatment.

The Role of Modern Technology: Microscope-Assisted Endodontics

Root canals can be as thin as a hair and very complex in structure. Today, dental microscopes are used to detect extra canals that are hard to see with the naked eye and to overcome anatomical challenges. Microscopic root canal treatments performed under high magnification minimize the risk of failure and extend the life of the treatment.

Your Reliable Clinic for Root Canal Treatment in Ankara

Postponing your toothache can let the infection spread to the jawbone and lead to the extraction of your tooth. With a root canal treatment applied on time and correctly, you can use your natural tooth in good health for a lifetime. If you are looking for root canal treatment in Ankara, you can apply to our clinic for a painless, technological (rotary instrument systems and microscopic approaches) and meticulous treatment process. Contact us to save your own tooth and return to healthy days.

Klinik 99 Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic Address: Güvenevler, Güvenlik Cd. No: 99 A-B, 06690 Çankaya/Ankara Phone: 0540 640 6006

Highlights of This Service

• Painless treatment
• Completed in a single session
• Saves the tooth
• Modern equipment