
Endodontics
What is Endodontics?
Endodontics is the specialist area of dentistry that focuses on the tooth pulp inside the tooth and tissues surrounding the tooth root.
An endodontist is a dentist who has had an extra four years of training to assist with the specialist knowledge concerning the nerves, blood vessels and pulp inside the tooth.
If you live in Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Croxley Green or in Hertfordshire, you might be referred to our resident endodontist at Inspire Dental – Dr Keval Shah who is highly qualified and experienced in endodontics.
Root Canal in Rickmansworth?
Step One - Diagnosis
Step Two – Local anaesthetic
Step Three – Removal of infected pulp
Step Four – Cleaning of the root canals
Step Five – Temporary filling
Step Six – Dental crown
Involved with Endodontics?

Root canal treatment
If the pulp inside your tooth becomes infected either through decay or trauma, you may experience an infection, have pain and experience an abscess. Root canal treatment is essential to deal with the infection inside the tooth and to prevent it from spreading. If root canal treatment isn’t carried out, there is a risk that the tooth will need to be extracted.

Endodontic surgery
This procedure is used to deal with a dental infection and can be used to find small fractures which might be previously undetected in an x-ray.

Periradicular surgery
This is an umbrella term for surgery that is conducted on the external tooth root surface. Apicoectomy is one type of dental procedure where inflamed gum tissue and the end of the root of the tooth is removed whilst leaving the top of the tooth is left in place.
Why choose
Inspire Dental for endodontics?
If you have missing teeth and live in Sarratt, Loudwater, Watford or Hertfordshire, you should consider endodontics at Inspire Dental because
Endodontics
Can I get root canal treatment on the NHS?
Does root canal treatment hurt and what is the recovery time?
Is there anything I shouldn’t do after root canal treatment?
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