Root Canal

At Avenue Dental on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane we offer root canals – a tooth saving treatment for badly damaged teeth – at each of our Sunshine Coast and Brisbane dental practices in Caloundra, Kawana, Maroochydore, Bli Bli, North Lakes, Baringa, Sippy Downs, Tewantin, Murrumba Downs, Beerwah and Woolloongabba.

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Root Canal Purpose

The objective of root canal treatment is to save a tooth that has been badly damaged due to decay, disease or injury, resulting in the infection or death of the nerve in the tooth.

It is preferable to save your own tooth, where possible, as your own tooth will normally be better than an artificial tooth. Your own tooth should be stronger and better for biting and chewing.

Why do I need a Root Canal?

A root canal is performed to relieve you of pain from a toothache. Toothache occurs when a nerve in the tooth dies, usually as a result of decay, but it can be from cracks and trauma. Root canals are the only option to save a tooth causing a toothache or where the nerve has died.

What is a Root Canal?

A root canal involves removing the infected nerve from your tooth, cleaning out bacteria in the nerve canal that is causing you pain, and sealing it to prevent re-infection. At Avenue Dental we have the latest equipment to assist our highly trained and experienced dentists make this procedure faster, better, more accurate and painless.

A root canal treated tooth has an increased risk of fracture. We usually recommend the protection of an artificial crown to greatly reduce this risk.

How we Provide a Pain Free Root Canal

At out clinic, great care is taken to provide a pain free root canal.

We often hear patient experiences from other clinics about painful root canal treatments. We are saddened when we hear such a story, as any root canal treatment pain is easily preventable.

A painful root canal is the result of either a rushing, less-caring dentist, or a dentist who is not fully monitoring the patient’s pain.

A root canal is often done on an infected tooth – pain issues arise from the local anaesthetic not working properly in the presence of the infection.

At our clinic, we warn about the possibility of the anaesthetic not working and do all the tests available to check the anaesthetic is successful. We will strongly encourage you to let us know if there is any soreness whatsoever – please let us know straight away!

In the presence of any pain, we will stop, and re-numb the tooth before proceeding again.

If the infection is too strong and the anaesthetic is not effective, two options will be given – antibiotics and rebook, or placing anaesthetic directly into the nerve (soreness for up to 30 seconds, and up to three strong pinches!).

Either option has advantages and disadvantages – please speak with your dentist to help give you the information you need to make the decision that suits you best.

If you have any questions, please call one of our Sunshine Coast and Brisbane dental practices for more information.

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