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Root canal treatment resolves dental pain
30–60 minutes
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30–60 minutes
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Root canal treatment is a cleansing procedure in which the dentist drills a small hole in your tooth to remove the nerve tissue.
Most people associate root canal treatment with pain and fear, but in reality, there is no need to be afraid of endodontic treatment. The entire purpose of root canal treatment is to relieve pain. Many who need root canal treatment are already in great pain, so that may be the biggest reason the treatment is associated with discomfort.
At The Mount Dental Practice, we provide essential root canal treatment to help our patients save their teeth and get relief from debilitating dental pain.
Each of your teeth has a hollow chamber inside which is filled with the pulp, a collection of soft and living tissues. This chamber extends down through the roots of your teeth in channels or ‘canals’, and these canals host the nerves and blood vessels that connect your teeth to your body.
The pulp chamber and canals of your teeth are sterile. So they become compromised and susceptible to infection when a tooth gets fractured or badly decayed. A tooth injury that causes the nerve to die can cause painful inflammation from inside the tooth.
In either case, the treatment is the same: removing the dead or compromised nerve via root canal treatment.
Access.
First, the dentist will open up your tooth by drilling a hole straight through the top of it. This hole allows him or her to access the pulp of your tooth.
Cleanse.
Next, the dentist will remove the pulp, bacterial debris and decayed nerve tissues inside the tooth using a medicated spray and small specialised dental instruments.
Seal.
Now the dentist will pack your hollow tooth with a special filling material to keep it clean and strong.
Restore.
Finally, your dentist may need to restore your tooth with a filling or dental crown in order to protect it from the outside. Teeth without a living pulp can be very brittle.
We will administer a local anaesthetic to the tissues around your tooth to help make you as comfortable as possible before your treatment.
We can arrange for IV sedation by a medical anaesthetist in a medical setting for those who need extra reassurance during root canal treatment or any other dental treatment.
We are a specialist dental practice staffed by many doctors who have combined decades of experience in treating nervous patients with a gentle hand.
We want to make your treatment affordable. Besides offering treatment on the NHS, we also offer flexible payment plans for our private services.
We are a CQC registered practice and we follow local COVID-19 guidelines to ensure a safe environment for our patients and staff. Our practices are easy to access with nearby or on-site car parking and a short distance to local bus stations. Getting here from Pontefract, Doncaster or the surrounding areas is easy.
Contact us right away at one of our locations listed below:
You can also request an appointment online.
Endodontic treatment is an umbrella term for root canals and other related dental treatments. ‘Endodontic’ is a medical term meaning ‘inside the tooth’.
Root canal treatment is usually not painful because in most cases the tooth nerve has already died. Even so, your dentist will administer a numbing injection to ensure the surrounding tissues stay comfortable during treatment.
Whether you need a crown depends on your tooth and on the judgement of your dentist. Not all teeth need to be crowned after endodontic treatment and leaving some teeth without a crown makes it easier to evaluate the tooth’s response to the root canal treatment
Left untreated, a compromised tooth may develop severely painful inflammation and can even turn into an abscess. A dental abscess can be life threatening if the infection spreads to an area like the brain or throat. It is always best to get such a tooth treated. If you do not want to pursue root canal treatment, you might opt to extract the tooth and replace it with a dental implant, instead.
Yes, at our dental practice you can have dental sedation. We offer IV sedation as a private service for nervous patients.
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Feeling nervous? Dental anxiety is more common than you might think. Don't worry; our dentists are gentle and we work very well with nervous patients.
Information for nervous patients
The Mount Dental Practice
53 Wakefield Road
Ackworth
WF7 7AA
The Mount Dental Practice
1 Highfield Road
Hemsworth
WF9 4DP
The Mount Dental Practice
25 Mill Lane
Ryhill
WF4 2AL
The Mount Dental Practice
39-41 Peterson Road
Wakefield
WF1 4DU
