When a tooth was very infected or damaged and could not be restored with a filling, extraction used to be the method of correcting the problem. Today, a tooth that has this same problem can be saved with a root canal. The doctors are well-trained and experienced in the most advanced root canal therapy. In the procedure, the pulp chamber of the tooth is removed and a filling material replaces the pulp. When root canals were first performed, they were painful and many patients would avoid this procedure. But with today’s anesthetics and technology, a root canal is often painless and will save the tooth.
East County Dental Studio
Kurt Christensen, DDS - Steven Krause, DDS, MAGD
337 West Madison Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: (619) 442-8841
Website: www.SanDiegoSmileMakeover.com
