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Question: Root canal treatment, how do you remove a root if necessary?

Answer: During root canal treatments it is not the root that is removed, rather it is the tissue inside the root.

Usually this tissue that is also called pulp, is inflamed and or infected to a irreversible point. The treatment therefore includes opening the tooth to access this tissue and removing all of it and also cleaning the empty space created inside the tooth and its root.

At the end, that space is filled with special material to prevent re-infection.

There are circumstances that tip of a root is removed by accessing it trough gum and jaw bone to remove lingering infection.   
 

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