what is root canal treatment?

Sensitivity in tooth to hot and cold? Pain in jaw or tooth on lying down or bending forwards? Pain on biting food? Did your dentist just advise Root Canal Treatment?

Well, if you have been advised Root Canal Treatment, and you are wondering what it is exactly, this is a simple explanation for you.

Each tooth has a crown (top portion) and one or more roots (in the jaw bone), the roots have one or more root canals. Within the crown and root lie the nervous tissue in the pulp chamber and root canals respectively. 

When the tooth's nervous tissue gets irritated irreversibly, by decay, injury or other factors, the nerves or the tooth will need to be removed. 

In Root Canal Treatment, one or more sittings are required to clean the root canals and remove all nervous tissue, shape, disinfect and fill the root canals with inert material.

After Root Canal Treatment a crown will be advised to strengthen the tooth crown.