Endodontics is a root canal treatment that is needed when inflammation (also known as pulpitis) starts in the soft tooth tissue (pulp). In most cases, the infection not only affects the soft tissue, but also the surrounding nerves and blood vessels. This is a very painful problem that needs to be treated when the main symptom is felt - tooth pain that cannot be relieved by medication, occurring late in the evening or at night.

• You have severe, searing pain, which is especially common at night;
• The tooth is sensitive to contact by pressing and chewing;
• The colour of the tooth has changed and darkened;
• Swollen gums, small abscess near the tooth

However, sometimes there may be no symptoms of inflammation. In such cases, only your dentist can tell you that a threat is imminent, after carefully examining your oral cavity and performing special diagnostic tests. You shouldn't wait. Come to Armedika Dental Clinic, where our professional dentists will assess the condition of your root canals and, if necessary, perform endodontic treatment.

Root canal treatment is usually performed when a patient presents with a tooth(s) that is troublesome to varying degrees and durations of pain, or sensitivity to different food temperatures or weather changes,
for chewing, in more severe cases due to swelling, and in exceptional cases in life - after dental trauma. It is not uncommon for root canal treatment to be required after a preventive check-up, after taking X-rays and
additional testing. Patients usually refer to this treatment procedure by the common and universally understood term "nerve pulling", after which "the tooth is dead". The tissue inside the tooth, which
The medical term for inflammation is the pulp, and the best-known term is the nerve; the most common cause of inflammation is tooth decay. Even when deep dentin decay has been sealed and the tooth has not been mechanically opened
The nerve is at risk of needing root canal treatment in the future, because bacteria or their toxins irritate the pulp of the tooth, and it will take time to see if it will be able to recover after the irritant is removed. Another reason for root canal treatment is dental trauma. Both when a tooth is shaved close to a nerve and when a tooth moves out of the
the nerve in the tooth may lose its vitality and canal treatment is inevitably needed. Sometimes an X-ray can show an infection around a tooth that has already had a root canal treatment, then
Planned root canal retreatment - a procedure that removes the old filling material from the canals and re-treats them.