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Getting immediate care for a dental emergency saves you time and money, prevents further complications, and is the best way to relieve your pain. The sooner you get help, the better!
Dr. Amin will take x-rays of your teeth to take a closer look at your dental pulp. X-rays will reveal if there is an infection and how far it has spread.
To prevent pain sensation, we will administer a local anesthetic and you will also have the option to be sedated if you are still nervous about the procedure.
A pulpectomy is the total removal of the tooth’s pulp and roots. This first step in the root canal process will relieve any pain caused by the infection.
Each tooth contains between 1 to 4 canals. Each canal needs to be thoroughly cleaned and reshaped to remove all of the bacteria.
Once the infection and all bacteria have been removed, we will fill the tooth with a gutta-percha filling. The rear teeth will be covered with crowns.
In a front tooth, the access hole is made on the lingual surface, meaning the back of the tooth near the tongue. After gaining access to the pulp chamber, the pulp, and roots and scraped out.
Each canal will be cleaned but since there are usually only 1 or 2 canals in the front teeth, this can typically be done in a single appointment. Then, the tooth is filled with gutta-percha and the access hole is sealed. The front teeth do not usually require protection with a crown.
In the rear teeth, we make the access hole through the biting surface of the tooth, which makes access to the pulp chamber much easier and more direct. There can be up to 4 canals in the rear molars so after we remove the pulp and roots, the canal cleaning process can take multiple appointments to complete.
Gutta-percha is then used to fill the tooth and the rear teeth are always recommended to be protected with dental crowns because they will be in a weakened state and can break under chewing forces.
TMD pain can extend to the neck, ear, face, upper back and shoulders. It can also cause migraines.
Stress can make TMD worse. Clenching of the jaw and bruxism can wear out the jaw and enhance TMJ pain.
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