Root Canal Treatment

Read about our root canal treatment services here. This treatment is needed when the nerve that exists in the centre of your tooth becomes diseased.

It sounds a heck of a lot worse than it really is. The goal of a root canal treatment is to preserve your tooth. A root canal treatment is needed when the nerve that exists in the centre of your tooth becomes diseased. When this happens, you may feel acute pain or the nerve may sometimes die without any symptoms at all! As dentists, we detect when there is a problem and perform root canal treatment, or endodontic treatment, by clearing out the infected tissue inside your tooth and filling the empty space with biocompatible materials. It's important to have this done early, before your tooth becomes infected, the pain worsens, your face swells, an abscess forms and/or your tooth is lost.

Warnings that root canal treatment is needed include: spontaneous pain or throbbing in the tooth, pain while biting or chewing, prolonged tooth sensitivity to hot and cold, and discoloration of the tooth.