Root Canal And Pain Changing Your View Of Root Canals

Root canal and pain seem to go hand in hand. But instead of being the best toothache pain reliever, the root canal is thought of more as a pain producer. This is an unfortunate misunderstanding that often leads people to tooth removal instead of saving their tooth.

Many times someone is having a root canal and pain is already present. This person could even get worse before they get better after their root canal because of the inflammation and/or infection that is present at the time of endodontic therapy (root canal).

Root canal and pain relief (not production) should be thought of together. That's because endodontic therapy removes the source of your dental pain, the dental pulp.

The pulp is commonly thought of as the nerve of the tooth. But it really isn't this big nerve sitting in your tooth. It is a soft tissue that contains blood and lymph vessels as well as nerve fibers.

Your tooth's pulp also contains specialized cells that actually build the hard tooth structures when you're a child. Once the pulp has completed this task it doesn't have a vital function in the maintenance of your tooth.

Although the pulp is a very small amount of tissue, it can cause a big toothache when it becomes inflamed or infected. Many times I have treated a diseased pulp with a root canal. And pain was often severe at the time of treatment.

However, the root canal will bring pain relief very quickly. It isn't always immediate but it will eventually result in a comfortable tooth.

Please don't let the horror stories about root canal and pain keep you from saving your tooth. Endodontic therapy is usually a simple and painless procedure that will permanently resolve your dental pain.

A root canal is really very much like getting a filling. Your dentist will get your tooth very numb. A small opening will be made in your tooth. Special endodontic instruments are passed through this opening in order to clean the small amount of pulp tissue from inside your tooth.

The space created by this cleaning procedure is then filled with a root canal filling material such as gutta percha or Resilon. In many cases a crown will then be needed in order to protect the tooth from fracturing.

Endodontic therapy (root canal) is much preferred to tooth removal if at all possible. But you're probably still nervous about having a root canal. I've treated many nervous patients in my 20+ years as an endodontist (root canal specialist).

Many times people are nervous because the root canal procedure is so mysterious and unknown. That's
why I wrote The Relaxed Root Canal.

In this book I answer over 80 questions such as

• What is a root canal?
• Will my root canal hurt?
• Who should do my root canal?

In Chapter 5 I give you the:

ONE QUESTION YOU SHOULD  ASK YOUR DENTIST BEFORE HAVING YOUR ROOT CANAL.

And pain or no pain, this is an important question. You must get a YES answer. I'll tell you what to do if you get a NO answer.

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