Root Canal


Root Canal


A root canal becomes necessary when bacteria from a cavity reaches all the way to the pulp at the center of the tooth, causing the pulp to become infected. Trauma can also cause deep damage to the nerve of a tooth. Once this occurs, the pulp becomes infected, and it begins to eat away at the surrounding bone (this is called an abscess).

The infected pulp must be treated and cannot heal on its own. An abscess can even weaken the entire immune system, making it very dangerous and painful.

