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Just the mere words, ‘Root Canal Treatment’, used to fill toothache sufferers, with fear and dread. Visitors to Designer Dental Studio will know that it is a simple, painless procedure. Some patients, are so comfortable, they even fall asleep during treatment. To understand, how this can occur, we will first get to the root of ‘root canal’.
Occasionally, the nerve in a tooth, can die. This can cause an unbearable toothache, that prevents you doing normal daily tasks. You may require pain medication, or even antibiotics to settle the discomfort. While this minimises your symptoms short term, the toothache will be recurring, unless the inflamed and dying nerve, is removed.
The way to remove the nerve, that allows us to save the tooth, is called Root Canal Treatment.
Although the nerve of the tooth is dead or dying, the actual tooth is not. To save the tooth, Dr Duval can expertly 'clean out' the small space in the centre of the tooth, occupied by the nerve, disinfect the space, and then seal it. This can be completed in a few short moments. Sealing the tooth will prevent future colonisation of this space, by bacteria. This treatment effectively saves the tooth, as the tooth does not require blood supply from the nerve, for its successful function.
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