Endodontic Services
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The treatments performed at Southcoast Endodontics include:
- Root canal therapy
- Retreatment of previous root canals
- Apicoectomy - Surgical removal of an abscessed/infected root tip. May be necessary when inflammation/infection persists in the area around the root tip after root canal therapy or root canal retreatment.
- Bone grafts/surgical regeneration - grade bone material may be added to strengthen the support for one or more teeth that have grown loose or to provide a stronger foundation for dental implants.
- Hemisection - Removal of one-half of a tooth. The remaining half will be restored as a single root tooth and is usually anchored to an adjacent tooth for added stability.
- Root amputation - Root amputation refers to the removal of one root in a multi-rooted tooth. May become option for treatment when there is a persistent endodontic failure in only one root of a tooth that must be kept or if there is significant bone loss around an individual root due to periodontal disease.
- Post and core - This procedure is required to rebuild and strengthen a tooth after root canal treatment. It adds support necessary to restore a tooth with a crown. The post is a metallic or reinforced fiber structure placed within the root of the tooth after root canal.
- Calcification - Sometimes calcium deposits make a canal too narrow for the cleaning and shaping instruments used in nonsurgical root canal treatment.
- Internal bleaching - Also called nonvital bleaching, this is used to lighten a darkly discolored tooth that has had root canal therapy. A chemical oxidizing agent is placed inside the coronal portion of a tooth to whiten it from the inside out.
- Splinting - In some cases, loose teeth are good candidates for splinting. Splinting means joining teeth together to increase their strength. For example, the bottom front teeth are common targets for gum disease. If two or three of those teeth become loose, they can be joined to surrounding teeth that are more stable.
- Resorption - This is the destruction, disappearance or dissolution of dental bone or tooth dentin tissue by biochemical activity. Endodontists treat this condition.
- Open apex treatment - Roots that cannot be treated successfully with standard endodontic treatment may need surgical removal of the infection as well as the associated lesions. To remove the cause of the periapical infection, the apical end of the root(s) is surgically removed and the new apical end is cleaned, shaped and filled three-dimensionally to seal the canal from the periapical tissue.
- Retrograde fillings - Used with apicoectomy, we use materials called MTA or Super EBA.
New Bedford, MA 508-997-1766 l Swansea, MA 508-678-3288 l Raynham, MA 508-880-9666
Endodontic Services
The treatments performed at Southcoast Endodontics include:
- Root canal therapy
- Retreatment of previous root canals
- Apicoectomy - Surgical removal of an abscessed/infected root tip. May be necessary when inflammation/infection persists in the area around the root tip after root canal therapy or root canal retreatment.
- Bone grafts/surgical regeneration - grade bone material may be added to strengthen the support for one or more teeth that have grown loose or to provide a stronger foundation for dental implants.
- Hemisection - Removal of one-half of a tooth. The remaining half will be restored as a single root tooth and is usually anchored to an adjacent tooth for added stability.
- Root amputation - Root amputation refers to the removal of one root in a multi-rooted tooth. May become option for treatment when there is a persistent endodontic failure in only one root of a tooth that must be kept or if there is significant bone loss around an individual root due to periodontal disease.
- Post and core - This procedure is required to rebuild and strengthen a tooth after root canal treatment. It adds support necessary to restore a tooth with a crown. The post is a metallic or reinforced fiber structure placed within the root of the tooth after root canal.
- Calcification - Sometimes calcium deposits make a canal too narrow for the cleaning and shaping instruments used in nonsurgical root canal treatment.
- Internal bleaching - Also called nonvital bleaching, this is used to lighten a darkly discolored tooth that has had root canal therapy. A chemical oxidizing agent is placed inside the coronal portion of a tooth to whiten it from the inside out.
- Splinting - In some cases, loose teeth are good candidates for splinting. Splinting means joining teeth together to increase their strength. For example, the bottom front teeth are common targets for gum disease. If two or three of those teeth become loose, they can be joined to surrounding teeth that are more stable.
- Resorption - This is the destruction, disappearance or dissolution of dental bone or tooth dentin tissue by biochemical activity. Endodontists treat this condition.
- Open apex treatment - Roots that cannot be treated successfully with standard endodontic treatment may need surgical removal of the infection as well as the associated lesions. To remove the cause of the periapical infection, the apical end of the root(s) is surgically removed and the new apical end is cleaned, shaped and filled three-dimensionally to seal the canal from the periapical tissue.
- Retrograde fillings - Used with apicoectomy, we use materials called MTA or Super EBA.
New Bedford, MA 508-997-1766 l Swansea, MA 508-678-3288 l Raynham, MA 508-880-9666