What Makes People So Afraid of Root Canal Therapy?
Many people have great reservations about the idea of root canal treatment, without really understanding why. That is because most patients don’t realize that root canal therapy, while more invasive than some procedures like the addition of dental fillings, for instance, is actually less invasive and expensive than alternatives, such as extraction, which would then require a prosthetic tooth be placed.
Perhaps most importantly, root canal treatment is frequently necessary to both save a damaged tooth, as well as to prevent the spread of the infection to other parts of the smile, and even the body, through the bloodstream.
Root canal treatment involves carefully removing any portions of the tooth that have become infected, and then sealing it against reinfection, generally through the use of a dental crown.