Root Canals

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Relieve pain & restore your smile in one visit
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You Can Expect Comfortable Root Canals in Charlotte

Root canal treatment doesn’t deserve its bad reputation, at least not at Charlotte Dentistry. Patients find our root canals in Charlotte are painless, thanks to our skill and comfort measures. Getting a root canal procedure will:

Stop your throbbing toothache, not cause you more pain
Save your tooth from extraction
Prevent additional problems to your other teeth and your gums
Prepare your tooth for full function with a crown

Call 704-285-0846 if you have a tooth that’s hurting you. We can get you in as soon as possible. We also offer sedation if desired.

Avoid an Extraction With Root Canal Treatment

Avoid an Extraction

When a tooth becomes infected in its interior part (known as the pulp), you may experience a great deal of pain. Not only is eating difficult, but relaxing or trying to sleep can be next to impossible. This infection could come from leaving a cavity untreated or from some other type of damage.

In these situations, a root canal is often the best way to stop your pain and repair your tooth. Rather than extracting the tooth – which you must replace or else your teeth will shift and cause bite problems – root canal treatment removes the infected tissue and saves your tooth.

We’ll Put You at Ease

When you come in for your root canal, we will administer a local anesthetic to make sure you don’t feel any discomfort. Your dentist can also offer sedation options to help you relax, either laughing gas or a pill.

During your root canal, your dentist will clean out the pulp and repair the canals inside the tooth and sanitize the tooth and seal it with a rubber-like material. They may recommend capping the repaired tooth with a crown to strengthen it and restore chewing capacity.

Call 704-285-0846 for comfortable root canals in Charlotte. There’s no reason to fear this treatment when you trust your smile to the hands of our competent team. You can also schedule online.

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Common Questions About Root Canals

What happens during a root canal?

First, we numb your mouth with a local anesthetic so you don’t feel anything during your procedure. You can also plan to use one of our dental sedation options if you need more help feeling relaxed. Once you’re comfortable, we will gently clean out the infected dental pulp and sanitize the tooth canal before filling it with a special material and restoring the tooth with a dental crown.

Are root canals painful?

Although they have a notorious reputation for being a painful dental procedure, modern root canals are nearly as simple and routine as a dental filling. The procedure actually relieves intense tooth pain rather than causing it, despite prevailing myths about root canals. Since your mouth is numb during the procedure, and you have the option of dental sedation, we will make sure your procedure is painless.

Can a root canal get infected again?

Yes, it is possible for a root canal to become infected again. There are several reasons why this might occur, including not getting a crown soon enough after treatment. If your root canal becomes infected a second time, we would need to do an endodontic retreatment, essentially repeating the root canal treatment a second time.