Treatments

Endodontics

Endodontics is what most of the people know as “root canal treatment”. Root canal treatment involves removing damaged or dead nerves and blood vessels in the tooth root that have become infected due to decay, trauma or cracks. The space left is then filled with a material that seals the tooth and keeps it functioning normally. Re-treatment (2nd chance of saving the tooth) involves the removal of existing root filling material, re-cleaning the canals and placing new filling material. 

Among other advanced techniques and instruments utilized at our practice, surgical loupes with LED illumination, and the surgical operating microscope have opened up entirely new vistas for the treatment of both non-surgical and surgical endodontics.  Due to the enhanced illumination and high magnification optics, calcified root canals can be optimally located.  Additionally, re-treatment of endodontic cases that have failed due to separated instruments, separated posts, and repair of perforations can now be managed with greater efficiency and success. These cases, in the past, could be managed only by surgical approaches that have a lower success rate.

In those cases in which surgical endodontics is the treatment of choice, the increased magnification and illumination provided allows for enhanced visualization of the surgical field. This, in turn, allows for more efficient surgical technique and greater ability to achieve success in surgical endodontics.