Gums, nerves and roots
Gum disease: the reason most of the implants on this site exist
Bacteria inflame the tissue holding the tooth, the inflammation eats bone, and the tooth is eventually lost. Almost every implant page here describes fixing damage this caused.
Gums, nerves and roots
The treatments that decide whether the tooth you have can be kept. Nearly every implant on this site exists because one of these was left too late.
Gums, nerves and roots
Gum disease: the reason most of the implants on this site exist
Bacteria inflame the tissue holding the tooth, the inflammation eats bone, and the tooth is eventually lost. Almost every implant page here describes fixing damage this caused.
Gums, nerves and roots
Root canal treatment, and the core that has to go in afterwards
The nerve is removed, the canal is cleaned and sealed, and then the hollow tooth has to be rebuilt with something hard enough to be crowned. The second half is the part patients are not told about.
This article is information, not medical advice, and reading it does not create a doctor-patient relationship. The Seoul Glow is a registered facilitator: we coordinate care, we do not practise medicine and we do not decide what treatment is right for you. No outcome can be guaranteed by anyone. Discuss any procedure with a licensed physician who has examined you.