Root Canal Therapy in Ridgeland

Some indications of the need for root canal treatment may be:

• Spontaneous pain or throbbing while biting.
• Prolonged sensitivity to hot and cold foods.
• Severe decay or an injury that creates an abscess (infection) in the bone.
• Elective root canal with a post and core to aid in a tooth’s restorability.

Root Canal Therapy involves cleaning, shaping, and filling the root(s) of a tooth to remove the damaged blood and nerve supply. Don’t let a root canal scare you! They are generally painless with adequate local anesthesia, and usually provide immediate relief.

After a root canal treatment, the tooth loses all of its hydration and becomes very brittle. This makes a tooth more prone to fracture especially if the tooth is a premolar or molar where most of the biting forces are concentrated. For this reason, we recommend a crown to protect teeth that have undergone root canal treatment.