Root Canal Treatment

Severe pain, no obvious dental decay

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown

Initial pulp chamber access reveals obvious fracture line extending from outer surface of tooth to pulp chamber. Fracture line was likely the pathway for bacterial invasion

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown

Completed root canal treatment, fracture line removed

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown

Completed tooth coloured filling

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown

To ensure reduced risk of future fracture, tooth was prepared for a lab fabricated full coverage crown 3 months after root canal and filling treatment. Pain symptoms were gone

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown

Permanent crown in place

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown

X-ray of completed root canal and crown treatment

Cracked tooth requiring root canal and crown