Root Canal Therapy Auckland

Endodontic Treatments Auckland

Root Canal is a procedure used to treat or preserve teeth affected by:

• Decay
• Nerve Death
• Teeth Cracks
• Hypersensitivity
• Past Trauma

Root Canal Therapy Procedure

There’s no need to be worried if your dentist prescribes a root canal procedure to treat a damaged or diseased tooth. 

A root canal therapy is a procedure done to save the damaged or dead pulp in the root canal of the tooth by cleaning out the diseased pulp and reshaping the canal. The canal is filled with a rubber-like substance called gutta-percha or another material to prevent re-contamination of the tooth. The tooth is then permanently sealed, with possibly a post/core and a crown made of porcelain or metal alloy. This enables patients to keep the original tooth.

Underneath your tooth’s outer enamel and within the dentin is an area of soft tissue called the pulp tissue. While a tooth’s pulp tissue does contain nerve fibres, it is also composed of arteries, veins, lymph vessels, and connective tissue. Each tooth’s nerve enters the tooth at the very tip of its roots.

From there, the nerve runs through the centre of the root in small “root canals,” which join up with the tooth’s pulp chamber. Root canals are very small, thin divisions that branch off from the top pulp chamber down to the tip of the root. A tooth has at least one but no more than four root canals.