Endodontics? Sounds pretty fancy, doesn’t it? And it is! More commonly known as root canals, these procedures can be your tooth’s best friend. It is always surprising to your Aduddell Dentistry restorative dentists in Plano when people report how afraid or nervous they are about the idea of a root canal. Root canals are dental superheroes!
Here’s the scoop: Endodontics is a special procedure that can clear away deep and damaging infection threatening your tooth, stop a toothache in its tracks, and save your tooth from extraction. And while the process might seem complex and intimidating, it is actually quite straightforward. We simply:
- Open your tooth
- Use advanced equipment to clear away all the infected and diseased pulp inside your tooth – all the way down into the root canals (hence the name)
- Clean and disinfect the now cleared-out tooth
- Fill every nook and cranny with a special sealant
- Top your renewed tooth with a gorgeous porcelain crown
