How Root Canal Treatment Can Help Relieve Your Pain

A root canal from your dentists in Troy, MI, can save your smile.

Tooth pain can make you miserable and keep you from enjoying your life. Severe tooth pain can make it difficult to work too. Fortunately, there is a way to eliminate tooth pain permanently. It’s called root canal therapy.

Dr. Kulbir Jassal at Glowing Smiles Dental in Troy, MI, offers a wide variety of dental services, including root canal treatment to save your smile.

You may need a root canal because the inner layer of your tooth, known as the pulp, has become damaged or infected. The pulp tissue is where the nerves and blood supply to your tooth are located. When the pulp is damaged, inflammation, fluid, and pressure build up inside your tooth, causing tooth pain.

The pulp can become damaged if you:

  • Have severe tooth decay
  • Experience trauma from an injury
  • Experience trauma from an accident
  • Suffer repeated trauma to your tooth from grinding or clenching

A root canal relieves pain because your dentist removes all of the infected or damaged pulp tissue. To begin a root canal, your dentist creates a small opening in the top of your tooth. The diseased tissue is drawn out through the opening.

A sedative material is placed inside your tooth. This material decreases inflammation, dries up the fluid, and eliminates the pressure inside your tooth, so your pain is gone.

When your pain is relieved, the sedative material is removed. Your dentist places an inert material inside your tooth to fill the space once occupied by the pulp. The opening is sealed up with a permanent filling, and your root canal is done.

A root canal can eliminate your pain, without ruining your smile. To learn more about how root canal treatment can relieve pain and save your smile, talk with the experts. Call Dr. Kulbir Jassal of Glowing Smiles Dental in Troy, MI, at (248) 643-7530. Call today!

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