ROOT CANAL TREATMENT

In earlier times for a decay or trauma involving the pulp, the only treatment option was to extract (remove) the tooth. But gradually with advancement in dentistry, root canal treatment was introduced and it has brought about a smile in the face of patients ever since. Endodontic therapy or root canal therapy is the treatment of infected pulp of a tooth; it eliminates infection and protects the decontaminated tooth from further microbial invasion and saves it from extraction. Root canal treatment involves removal of infected pulp tissue, the subsequent shaping, cleaning and decontamination of the hollows with small file like instruments and irrigating solutions, and the obturation (filling) of the decontaminated canals with an inert filling such as gutta-percha.