A painful tooth can make eating, concentrating, and sleeping challenging. But guess what? Endodontic services in Pickering, Ontario, can relieve pain and preserve your natural tooth. At Esquire Dental Centres, Drs. Amir and Mark Awadalla provide high-quality root canal services to save damaged or infected teeth from extraction. Visit our office, and let’s give your afflicted tooth a second chance to thrive again.
When do I need a root canal?
Each tooth has a pulp chamber containing nerves, blood vessels, and other living tissues. You need a root canal when harmful bacteria invade these tissues because of a deep cavity or crack. Your body’s immunity and antibiotics will do little to resolve the deep infection at this stage.
Although other issues could cause the following symptoms, they usually indicate the need for a root canal.
- A relentless toothache that can keep you awake at night
- Discomfort that worsens when chewing or biting
- Tooth sensitivity that stays on after consuming cold foods
- Tooth discoloration (an infected tooth becomes brown or dark)
- Swollen gums or face
Please note that not all teeth that need a root canal experience pain. For advanced infection, the tooth nerve dies and no longer registers pain. However, this doesn’t mean that the infection is no longer there. It persists and continues to cause damage if not resolved with a root canal. Most asymptomatic root canals are discovered on X-rays during clinical or routine check-ups.
Is it better to pull out the tooth?
Removing your tooth leaves a gap that must be treated with costly and time-consuming dental implants and bridges. Failure to treat the gap causes several irreversible changes that result in even more expensive repairs.
Don’t consider dental extraction if a root canal treatment can save your tooth. A root canal rescues your natural tooth, saving you from the far-reaching consequences of tooth loss and costly tooth replacements.
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How long will the treated tooth last?
Root canals have a high success rate of over 95%. When administered by an experienced root canal dentist, your tooth should last several years—possibly a lifetime—but proper upkeep is necessary to keep it healthy.
Here are expert care tips for your root canal-treated tooth.
- Good oral hygiene: Your treated tooth can be re-infected, so optimal oral hygiene is essential to ensure it stays healthy. Brush and floss your teeth diligently to protect your teeth from harmful bacteria.
- Avoid biting non-food items: Opening bottles, cutting fingernails, and cracking ice can damage teeth. Only use your teeth to chew or bite food items.
- Manage bruxism: Chronic teeth grinding and clenching (bruxism) can crack, wear, or fracture your teeth. Protect your smile from bruxism-induced damage by wearing a bespoke nightguard.
- Routine dental visits: See your Pickering dentist twice annually for dental check-ups and cleanings.
Do you need endodontic services near Pickering, Ontario?
Esquire Dental Centres is excited to save your tooth with advanced root canal services. Don’t live another day in pain. Consider root canal treatment to resolve your nagging toothache and save your natural smile. To get started, call our offices at 905 250-1605 (Pickering), 416 223-7869 (North York), and 416 203-1434 (Scarborough).
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