Root Canal (Endodontics)
Root canal treatments are performed when something called the pulp inside your tooth becomes infected or irritated. The pulp contains the nerves and blood vessels of your teeth.
The area around your affected tooth is numbed before a root canal is performed. Your dentist will have to drill a hole in your tooth to access the pulp. Once the infected pulp is removed, the nerves and blood vessels are gone, too, and the inside of your tooth is filled with medication. Depending on the severity of the damage to your tooth, it may take multiple appointments to complete the root canal.
Once the root canal work is complete, a cap, also known as a crown, may be needed to take the place of the area of the tooth that has been drilled away. A crown looks very similar to the tooth itself and is affixed to the top of your repaired tooth.
UT Dentistry offers you these treatment options:
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Teaching Practice
Services at this clinic are performed at reduced prices because students are working under the supervision of board-certified dentists on faculty. The educational nature of the clinic requires extra time for appointments and the types of services offered depends on the training needed by students at that time.
Endodontics: Resident Practice
Our staff of dental residents (licensed dentists completing advanced training) provide root canal treatment and similar services by referral.
Endodontics: Faculty Practice
Board-certified endodontists ― root canal specialists ― who are also on faculty at the School of Dentistry treat patients at this practice. Top service: root canal.
