WHAT IS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
Every tooth is hollow inside and contains pulp. When tooth decay reaches pulp, tooth starts paining. In root canal treatment, we clean the pulp, fill the root canal and restore the tooth to its original function.
WHO NEEDS ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
Person with paining tooth, swollen gums, and decayed tooth with tooth root intact can go for root canal treatment. It is excellent method to subside the pain and save natural tooth.
WHAT HAPPENS IF AFFECTED TOOTH IS NOT TREATED WITH ROOT CANAL TREATMENT? It may lead to further infection, destruction of tooth, and tooth may go for extraction. Even adjacent teen can become decayed. It is always advisable to save natural tooth by doing root canal treatment.
DOES ROOT CANAL TREATED TOOTH BECOMES WEAK?
Yes, because we cut and remove decayed and infected portion of tooth, it becomes weak. So after root canal treatment you should put cap or crown on it, then it becomes strong.
HOW MUCH TIME IS REQUIRED TO DO ROOT CANAL TREATMENT? It depends on the case. Most of the cases we finish in single sitting. It may take 1 to 3 sittings if huge infection is present.
WHAT IS THE COST OF ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
It varies from 2.5 k to 5k depending upon case to case. When we are doing root canal, we employ all recent techniques and skills so that procedure is painless. Also because of high sterilization standards, post operative complications are negligible. So if you have pain in your tooth, think of smile n more dental clinic, one of the best dental clinic in Ratnagiri.
