This treatment is recommended when the inflammation/infection gets into the alveolar bone, a part of the jaw. It’s the next treatment option if the non-surgical method is unsuccessful and when intense pain exists throughout the patient’s face. After injecting anaesthesia into the infected area, your dentist will remove the root’s tip and fill it with a material to protect the root canal. Your tooth will heal after a couple of months. The procedure requires no downtime, allowing you to resume your daily activities right after it.

These root canal treatments are recommended for kids with baby teeth and are used by endodontists to save their natural teeth, supporting their healthy growth and development. Pulpotomy: In this procedure, the endodontist removes the tooth pulp from the chamber and leaves the tooth’s healthy pulp for the root’s natural growth. The treatment is recommended for a tooth’s damaged or infected inner nerve tissues. It involves only partial pulp removal, sometimes called partial pulpectomy. It is performed on the primary teeth, but parents don’t need to worry about anything because it’s minimally invasive. Pulpectomy: The procedure can help treat your child’s infection or extensive decay. The dentist removes the pulp from the crown and roots and then places fillers in the space. Afterwards, your friendly dentist at Galway Dentists will remove the pulp’s coronal portion containing most of the nerve tissue and leave the pulp in the root canals intact. The treatment is an alternative option when Pulpotomy won’t work based on your dentist’s assessment.