What conditions necessitate a Root Canal treatment?
Dental decay, fracture of tooth or loss of filling could lead to contamination of the dental pulp by bacteria. Dental pulp is a small chamber that contains the nerves and blood vessels of the tooth. A bacterial invasion will affect the blood flow to the tooth. In such situations a root canal procedure is carried out to clean the pulp off the bacteria, and to fill the pulpal space with special filling material. The aim of root canal therapy is to save the tooth in which the pulp has been damaged. The alternative would be a tooth extraction (removal) and replacement of the tooth with an artificial one.
