Root canal treatment, otherwise known as endodontics, is a procedure which cures bacterial infection in the root canal system at the centre of the tooth. At times, severe trauma to the teeth and gums cause harmful infections in the roots of your teeth. Tooth decay can also cause infection in the root or pulp of the tooth. After administering a local anaesthetic, your dentist drills into your aggravated tooth to extract the infected pulp from the pulp chamber. During the treatment the nerve will also be removed from the root canal by your dentist. This will allow your dentist to place a filling in the root canal and empty pulp chamber. The somewhat invasive procedure is necessary in order to preserve a seriously damaged tooth. A repaired tooth is better than no tooth! The corrective procedure will be complete after root canal treatment when your dentist places a crown over the filled tooth. A damaged or abscessed tooth can be extremely painful; this causes many patients to believe root canal treatment will be equally painful. But without treatment tooth infections can cause increasingly severe pain and further damage. The mild discomfort of root canal treatment is normally much more preferable. Root canal treatment is a frequently undertaken and well established procedure with minimal risk. To talk about any of your concerns surrounding root canal treatment you should contact your local London SE1 dentist.

Some of the greatest problems that arise in the mouth in London SE1, as with anywhere in the world, is that of tooth decay. It’s a villain that never goes away and even our best efforts to avoid it can often fall on barren land. Thankfully however, we have our dentist to fall back on to bail us out of trouble. Deep decay in the tooth leads to the pulp and the roots becoming infected and in order to save the tooth completely, the tooth will require a root canal. Now, this treatment of removing roots from inside the tooth has always had a lot of bad press and out of it has come some very frightening tales. But, although folk-lore never seems to move on, modern dentistry has. Once the tooth has gone beyond the realms of a simple filling, the dentist will have to remove all of the rotten matter from deep inside the tooth; the pulp has to be removed and then the roots also in order to fill the restore the tooth to its former glory and at least, give it a further ten years of life. The older ways of doing this, were by using a drill that could leave the mouth very sore indeed for days afterwards, but the modern use of lasers, digital imaging and computers have radically changed this procedure to the point that the whole operation is no more painful than a filling. Once this has been done, the tooth will then require a crown to ensure that it can operate in a natural way inside the mouth.

Having trained for many years to the highest standards and then built up a wealth of experience, your local dentist will be an expert in every aspect of the health of your mouth. While most of us will be familiar with the work done on the exterior of teeth such as plaque and tartar removal, dentists also work with the interiors of teeth too.

Teeth are multi-faceted and what you see on the outside of a tooth is far from being the whole picture. Inside teeth there is a mass of material forming what is known as the pulp chamber. The health of these materials (which include nerves and blood vessels) is vital to the health of the whole tooth.

Thankfully most of us will not have to worry much about what is going on inside teeth because it tends to just take care of itself. But problems can occur, in the form perhaps of a tooth abscess. Any severe impact that strikes the mouth can damage the inside of teeth and leave you with infected material inside the pulp chamber.

When dentists practice endodontics, they are concerned with the interior of your teeth. The most well known example of endodontics is root canal treatment which is the process of removing infected material from the pulp chamber by entering the tooth through the root canal. This is carried out to avoid the need to drill into the tooth.

You might require root canal treatment if you find that you are suffering from chronic tooth ache that it is just not going away. Talk to your dentist in South East London if you want more information about the interior of teeth.

For most people, a bit of diligence when it comes to taking care of their teeth at home and regular visits to the dental surgery will mean a long life of excellent oral health. But things do sometimes go wrong in the mouth and often not even because of something you have done or not done. Although your teeth are highly resilient and durable parts of your body, they are also complex.

One procedure that is sometimes necessary for dentists to carry out in the event of a problem with teeth is called root canal treatment. The aim of root canal treatment is to make sure that the inside of the tooth is healthy. Far from just being a solid block of enamel, your teeth are actually hollow. Inside them they have what is known as the pulp chamber which contains many vital tissues that help the health of your teeth.

If anything inside the chamber becomes infected then it will be necessary to clear it out so that an abscess is unable to form, with all the detrimental effects that it can bring. The best way to get into the chamber is through the root canal which is the opening at the base of the tooth, through which the blood vessels and nerves go. This is called root canal treatment and your London SE1 dentist will be an experienced expert in how to carry it out effectively.

Your dentist will be looking to remove any infected material and generally clean the pulp chamber if it has become compromised. It is a complex operation but modern dentists are very good at putting their patients at ease during such procedures and you will leave the surgery knowing that your tooth is healthy once more.

We really do put our mouths through it over the course of our lives and it’s the teeth that tend to bear the brunt of our excesses in south east London. They can become worn and decayed- even broken; at worse, the decay can threaten the tooth altogether. But thanks to the wonder of modern dentistry, decayed teeth can be saved these days and re-beautified with a porcelain crown. Once you have had a root canal to remove any decay to the tooth (or, if you simply hate those old metallic fillings), then you can have the crown fitted to the original tooth base that is left, restoring the look of your mouth and maintaining your tooth’s strength and your overall oral health. It’s the porcelain itself that will give the beauty back to your tooth. Porcelain has a very natural beauty that gives off a very natural sheen, because it reacts to light like a tooth’s enamel does and pure porcelain crowns do not leave an unsightly darkness around the gum. Other than their cosmetic advantages, porcelain crowns also maintain the natural functions of the mouth like chewing, speaking and biting, as well as preventing any further decay spreading into the rest of the teeth.

Dental infections are nasty things; just ask anyone who has suffered the pain of a toothache caused by a dental infection. The pain can be sharp of dull, constant or shooting, and it feels like it’s coming right form the centre of your head and no matter what you do, it just won’t go away. There are only two ways to end the pain of a dental infection. One is for the tooth to fall out or to have it pulled out and the other way is to have a root canal treatment.

It is because the root canal treatment is only needed in such unpleasant circumstances that it has its feared reputation. The reality of course is that if it brings an end to the horrible pain of infection it could be your best friend. The treatment involves drilling a hole down into the root of the tooth (the root canal and removing the infection that has taken hold at the centre of the tooth. Once any residual infection is removed, the cavity is filled with medicine to prevent any further infection and filled with composite bonding. In most cases a dental crown will be needed to complete the job and make the tooth solid again.

Obviously the thought of the dreaded dentists drill being forced down into the heart of your tooth is not a pleasant one, but with anaesthetic there is no need for the procedure to be any more painful than an ordinary filling. London SE1 dentists are now also able to use new dental technology such as digital x-rays and lasers to make the treatment a lot more comfortable.

However, the most important thing you need to know about root canal treatments is this: no matter how useful they are and how much pain they can end, if you look after your teeth and visit your dentist regularly, you will hopefully never need to experience any of it. Make an appointment today.

A Dental Crown is also known as a cap, it is either made from a blank square of porcelain or by mixing up a powder blend and laying it on in stages, says a London SE1 dentist. A root canal is a common use for a dental crown, after the work is done the dentist will need to seal the hole that is created during the operation. Sometimes the dentist will have a cap/crown made beforehand, and sometimes they will simply mix up a small amount, and trowel it on layer by layer. Each layer is spread on and then sterilised and hardened using an intense light source. If the crown is pre-made it will be hollow to allow the dentist to cement it on over the top of the tooth, the tooth needs to be ground down first to the same dimensions as the hollow inside. A Bridge is a form of dental crown, the two teeth on the end of the bridge are hollowed out so they can fit onto the two teeth either side of the gap being filled in. They are an alternative to dentures which some patients don’t get on with. They aren’t the same as a veneer which is just a covering for the front of a tooth; a crown is literally that, a topping to a tooth. A chipped tooth will often be ground down to get rid of the damaged area; it is then topped off with a crown. This is then polished to hide the join; a crown is cleaned the same way as your teeth.

A root canal is a very skilful procedure in dentistry, but thanks to modern day technology and training procedures it is now a routine procedure for most dental surgeons. A  London SE1 dentist says that although it involves quite a lot of work, it is thankfully painless and usually quite affective. We have an inner chamber in our teeth, and through hairline cracks and gum infections bacteria gets into that inner chamber and breeds. The problems it causes are not only painful, but also ongoing. Your surgeon will deaden the tooth and then drill out all the inside of the tooth to get to the chamber itself, once there they will scrape out any obvious bacterial infection. The next stage involves an intense light that is shone on the area to kill off any bacteria still lurking. The hole is then coated with an anti-bacterial spray and filled with a special mix that will harden like your natural enamel. That usually cures the problem within, and then your dentist can look at ways to stop this happening to other teeth, this is usually just a simple matter of you changing your routine of oral hygiene procedures to ensure that you keep infections down to a minimum, the cracks will be covered by the inner filling. Root canal work can save a tooth that would otherwise be lost early; it is also cheaper to have this done than to lose the tooth and have it replaced with an artificial one.

A dentist in SE1 in London has spoken out about Root Canal treatment in order to dispel some myths about it. It may sound like a torture from the Spanish Inquisition, but it is in fact a painless and effective way of curing and preventing diseases of the teeth. The problem with bacteria is that it is small enough to penetrate to the root of the tooth, not even the most effective antibiotics are good enough to kill it off entirely. Root Canal work involves drilling deep down into the cavity of the tooth, and then scraping out the bad bacteria. This is usually the cause of a constant and reoccurring infection of the gums and teeth. The gap that is left is then filled with an anti bacterial material and the tooth is capped to seal it in. The end result is a clean and healthy tooth that has been saved to serve the patient for many years to come. It is more expensive that extracting the tooth, which will usually be quite a healthy one apart from the bacteria problem. The dentist will feel better as well as the patient for having saved the tooth, after all the job of the dentist is to give our teeth the best fighting chance of surviving well into our sixties. It is considered to be preventative dentistry as opposed to just dental repair and general maintenance. Infections caused by bacteria are the most common reason for premature tooth loss, and preventative procedures such as a Root Canal are preferred by the dentistry profession. The procedure is painless and any swelling is usually gone in a few days, and the patient will be back to normal with no further problem from infections in the future.