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Root Canal Treatment

Root canal treatment deals with infection inside a tooth. The infected tissue is removed from the canals, the space is cleaned and sealed, and the tooth is kept rather than extracted.

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On the day

What to expect.

  1. Freezing so that treatment is comfortable.
  2. Removal of infected tissue from inside the tooth.
  3. Cleaning and shaping of the canals.
  4. Sealing of the tooth, often followed later by a crown.
Every mouth is different. This is the usual shape of the appointment — your dentist will tell you what applies to you before anything begins.
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Questions

What people ask.

Is it as painful as its reputation?

The reputation comes from the pain that brings people in, not from the treatment. The tooth is frozen throughout, and most people find it comparable to a large filling.

How many appointments?

Some teeth are completed in one visit, others need two, depending on the tooth and how much infection is present.

Why a crown afterwards?

A treated tooth has lost internal structure and becomes more brittle, particularly at the back where chewing forces are highest.

Could I just have it out?

Extraction is always an option and sometimes the right one. But losing a tooth changes how the neighbours sit and how you chew, and replacing it later is usually more involved than keeping it.

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Saving a tooth whose nerve has become infected.

Arrange an appointment

Dr. George Dumitru is at 2061 Lawrence Avenue West in York, Toronto.

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