Dental fillings and root canal treatments help restore teeth affected by decay, damage or infection. While fillings repair cavities and rebuild damaged tooth structure, root canal treatment removes infection from inside the tooth, helping preserve your natural smile and restore comfortable chewing.
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How Fillings & Root Canal Treatment Help Restore Your Smile
Decay Removal & Repair
Fillings help restore tooth structure damaged by cavities while preventing further decay.
Infection & Pain Relief
Root canal treatment removes infected pulp to relieve toothache and address infection within the tooth.
Preserves Natural Teeth
Helps save damaged or infected teeth that might otherwise require extraction.
Restores Chewing Function
Rebuilds and protects affected teeth to support comfortable biting, chewing and everyday oral function.
Your Questions About Fillings & Root Canal Treatment Answered
A filling is generally recommended when decay affects the tooth without causing irreversible damage to its inner pulp. Root canal treatment may be necessary when deep decay, injury or infection reaches the pulp. Your dentist will determine the appropriate treatment through examination and, when needed, dental X-rays.
Root canal treatment is usually performed under local anaesthesia to numb the affected area. You may experience mild tenderness or sensitivity afterwards, but this generally improves as the tooth heals.
A simple filling can often be completed in one appointment. Root canal treatment may require two or more visits, depending on the tooth’s condition, the number of canals and the extent of infection.
Not every root canal-treated tooth requires a crown. However, teeth with extensive decay, fractures or significant loss of structure may need a crown to provide additional strength and protection.
Root canal treatment can often preserve a tooth that might otherwise require extraction. However, the possibility of saving it depends on the extent of infection, remaining tooth structure and condition of the surrounding tissues.