Do root canals fail?
Sometimes root canal treatment will fail. Failure can occur when decay has once again invaded the tooth which re-contaminates the root canal filling material inside your tooth, other times failure results when, for whatever reason, the root canal anatomy could not be adequately located and cleaned out. Another circumstance can involve a structural failure due to a fracture. There are often either nonsurgical or surgical modalities of treatment avaliable to resolve these problems. While saving your tooth is generally your best option and choice, unfortunately, at times an extraction is the necessary option.
