Hello again.

Today we will discuss the aspects of a root canal therapy.

I know that the root canal therapy is something that fears a lot of people. Most of us connect this procedure with strong pain and real discomfort.

Well this is why we are going to explain everything you need to know on root canal therapy and eliminate your fears once and for all!

When a tooth has decayed enough to reach the nerve, or maybe when you have fallen and hurt your teeth (or even worse broken them) then the pain begins. It is only natural, since this is the only way for our organism to let us know that something is going wrong. This pain, when a nerve is out of order is really strong, unbearable, continuous and it does not stop unless you take some strong painkiller (e.g. mesulid, xefo etc). The pain is stronger at night when all other senses are put to rest, cold and hot water stimulate the pain even more and let's face it you cannot stand the pain.

The reason for all this is called pulpitis - meaning that your tooth nerve is sick. There are many forms of pulpitis, analysing them would take us to a dental university lecture so let us just stay to the fact that it is bad and it makes our teeth hurt. There, I think that explains more than meets the eye...

So know we know what is causing the pain, how can we make it go away?

Well we can't make it go away on our own. We need the dentists help. We need a root canal therapy.

So what does this root canal therapy do? The answer is rather simple. When a dentist performs a root canal therapy, he removes all the tissue from the tooth's root canal, meaning the nerve itself that is causing all the trouble, and all the infected tissues (minor veins and arteries), disinfects the root canal from all the bacteria and finally restores the tooth and the root canal with the appropriate filling materials. And there you have it your tooth is whole and normal again!

Now that wasn't so bad was it? Well I know what you will say: "All this is good, but does it hurt?". The answer is no.

Every single procedure in dentistry today is done with the help of local anaesthesia (sedation). The only thing you have to bear is the stress of a small injection and the fact that you will not feel your teeth for an hour at least.

I think that it is not a great cost compared to the fact that you will have a painless root canal therapy...

Well that is it for now. You can get further information on root canal therapy on the website http://www.dentists.gr/ and https://edentists.gr/