My Root Canal Treatment has failed.
Help..
To save your tooth, you should urgently contact an Endodontist who has expertise in performing the following procedures:
Retreatment
A common non-surgical treatment to save a tooth after a failed root canal treatment. It involves, taking out the filling in the tooth re-cleaning the root canals. This procedure is best performed by an Endodontist
Apicoectomy
A common surgery that can be performed to save a tooth is Apicoectomy or root-end resection. Apicoectomy is performed when infection persists around the end of the tooth after a Root Canal Treatment. The end of the root is removed and a small filling is placed at the end of the the root canal. The bone at the end of the root heals after a few months. You should be able to return to normal activity the next day with mild discomfort.
Root amputation
Root amputation is the surgical removal of one of the roots of a multi-rooted tooth. This procedure is carried out to remove disease, to prevent further bone loss and/or to remove part of the tooth that has a tooth fracture. This option is worth exploring if a patient wants to save their tooth.