Dental Problems Only a Root Canal Can Tackle

1. Intense Cavities

The tooth is the only part of your body with zero healing power that never repairs itself. So when a cavity takes place and you don’t seek any professional help, it tends to grow larger in size. A cavity is a tiny hole or a site of tooth decay on the damaged surfaces of your tooth.
Consumption of too many sugary snacks, poor oral hygiene, and plaque buildup are some of the core reasons for developing cavities. If the cavity has affected your dentin or enamel, filling can be done to cure it, but if it is deep-rooted, a root canal is required.

2. Fractured or Broken Tooth

If a tooth suffers a fracture for some reason, it causes the nerves and tissues inside the tooth to expose themselves. It provides an open playground for the bacteria to invade the tooth and cause an infection. With root canal treatment the dentist gets rid of bacterial build-up to save the infected tooth.

3. Back-to-Back Dental Treatments

Under some circumstances, a tooth goes through multiple procedures such as scaling, polishing, fillings, crowns, and bridges, this kind of repeated treatment can wear out the tooth enamel leading to potential decay. To save the tooth in such a scenario a root canal must be performed.

4. Swollen Pulp

The pulp is a soft internal part of a tooth which is a collection of nerves and tiny blood vessels. When bacteria attack and penetrate inside it. It swells and becomes inflamed triggering the infection to develop further inside the tooth. Which gives a boost to extensive tooth decay.
Hence, we need a root canal treatment to extract that inflamed pulp to keep the internal surface of the tooth clean and free of pain.

5. Abscesses

An abscess is a tiny pocket of pus developed at the root of the tooth, which causes intense pain when a person bites or chews on food. In this case, your dentist carries out a root canal treatment to drain the abscess to avoid pain and expansion of the infection.