The Last Chance to Save Your Tooth: Root Canal Treatment

When you wake up with that terrible toothache that keeps you up at night, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? "Let the doctor extract this tooth and save me!" right? I understand you very well. But as a dentist, my duty is not to extract the tooth, but to keep it alive.

In modern dentistry, tooth extraction is always the "last resort." Because no implant or prosthesis can imitate the function of your own natural tooth 100%.

What is Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics)?

There is a living tissue made of nerves and vessels called "pulp" in the center of the tooth. When decay reaches this tissue, infection starts and that severe pain occurs. Root canal treatment is the process of removing this infected nerve tissue, disinfecting the canals, and filling them tightly.

In short; root canal treatment is not keeping a dead tooth, but the art of healing a sick tooth.

The "Root Canal Treatment is Very Painful" Myth

This is a fear that is completely in the past. Thanks to the strong local anesthetics and digital root canal instruments we use today, you will not feel even as much pain as a mosquito bite during the root canal procedure. In fact, most of my patients fall asleep during the procedure.