Emergency Root Canal Treatment For Albuquerque Residents

Many medical situations need urgent attention in order to remedy; dental emergencies are no different. If you are suffering from major tooth ache the chances are that you are going to need emergency root canal treatment. You can take some relief in knowing we perform emergency root canals at our practice. You might ask the following:

What is a root canal?

The root canal is a channel that is funnel-shaped and contains soft tissues that run from the top of the tooth down into its root. Both of the root stems contain root canals. This canal is what houses the nerve tissue in a tooth.

Why would it need treatment?

Root canals normally require treatment when a tooth has significant decay or a major infection. The design of this procedure is to stop any further decaying or the spreading of an infection which could cause total tooth loss. All the soft tissue is removed and the canal is filled with cement. We do this when we perform emergency root canals.

What goes on in a treatment?

Because there is a nerve in the soft tissue we are required to administer anesthetic. This is usually a local which numbs the areas around a tooth as well as the tooth its self. When the anesthetic starts to work we will drill down into the tooth, and remove infected and decaying tissue. As the canal gets smaller in the root stem we will manually remove the tissue with an extraction device.

The empty space that is left will be filled with dental cement. This ensures no air bubbles remain in a canal; we then do an x-ray of the tooth. To be sure no air is found. We might need to do this a couple of times if air is found.

Be reassured that when we perform emergency root canals it is done hygienically and quickly.

Contact https://dentalemergencyalbuquerque.com for more information about root canal treatment in the Albuquerque area.