Dentist in Langley City, BC, rescues your severely damaged tooth with gentle root canal treatment

People do not complain about dental fillings to repair cavities. No one ever jokingly says, “I’d rather have a filling than [insert horrible scenario here.]” Yet, root canals are a feared dental treatment – even though root canal treatment in Langley City, BC, and elsewhere is no different from a common, unassuming filling! Treatment to the root canals at the centres of our teeth has such a bad reputation, because by the time decay or other trauma has affected the core of your tooth, you are probably in great pain and distress. So, many patients tend to associate the treatment itself with intense discomfort, pressure, swelling, and sleepless nights. The reality is:

• Root canal treatment provides immediate pain relief. Dr. Harpreet Aulakh of Smile365 Dental administers a localised numbing medication to the affected area. As soon as she does this, patients can finally breathe again! It may be the first time they have not felt increasingly severe pain in days or even weeks. As treatment progresses, more benefits are immediately realised. Dr. Aulakh accesses the tooth, which helps to relieve that uncomfortable pressure.
• Moreover, root canal therapy may be the only way to save a natural tooth. While dental restorations have become increasingly sophisticated, no lab-made tooth can recreate the function, feel, and appearance of a healthy and natural tooth. Whenever it is most appropriate to do so, Dr. Aulakh recommends conservative techniques and approaches that preserve natural tooth structure. With the root canal procedure, decay and damaged tissue are removed, the canals are sterilised, and a permanent porcelain crown restores the tooth to its healthy form and function.

No other dental procedure can rescue a deeply decayed, infected, broken, or otherwise extensively damaged natural tooth. If not for root canal treatment, patients would need to undergo an extraction procedure. They would lose that natural tooth. The result would be a gap-toothed smile or the need for a costly form of tooth replacement; for instance, a conventional bridge or a bridge supported by a dental implant to fill in the smile and to prevent other teeth from shifting out of place or the loss of bone density and width in the jaws.Additionally, root canal-treated teeth have a high success rate with good oral care at home and routine recall appointments and professional cleanings at our Langley City, BC, office. Also serving Brookswood and its environs, Smile365 Dental looks forward to your visit. Call (604) 409-8660 to schedule an appointment with Dr. Aulakh.