Root Canal Retreatment

Endodontic Retreatment

With the appropriate care, your teeth that have had endodontic treatment will last as long as other natural teeth. Yet, a tooth that has received treatment may fail to heal or pain may continue to exist. Sometimes, the pain may occur months or years after treatment. If so, Dr. Collier, Dr. Thomas, Dr. Powell, Dr. Wikle or Dr. Kaple may need to perform Endodontic Retreatment.

Improper healing may be caused by:

  • Curved or narrow canals that were not treated during the initial treatment.
  • Complicated canals that went undetected during the initial treatment.
  • The crown or restoration was not placed within the appropriate amount of time following the procedure.
  • The crown or restoration that did not prevent saliva from contaminating the inside of the tooth.

Are You Concerned About an Improperly Healing Tooth?

tissue within a tooth can become infected
Inflamed Tissue
fillings may need to be removed to clean the root canals
Filling Removed
root canals are cleaned again to remove infection
Canals Cleaned
replacement filling is placed into the root canals after retreatment
Root Material Placed
a tooth is sealed with a filling to prevent future infection
Filling Restored
a tooth is restored after endodontic retreatment
Healed Tooth

In some cases, new problems can influence a tooth that was successfully treated:

  • New decay can expose a root canal filling material, causing infection.
  • A cracked or loose filling or crown can expose the tooth to new infection.

Once retreatment has been selected as a solution to your problem, the doctors will reopen your tooth to gain access to the root canal filling material. This restorative material will be removed to enable access to the root canal. The doctors will now clean your canals and carefully examine the inside of the problematic tooth. Once cleaned, the doctors will fill and seal the canals and place a temporary filling in the tooth.

At this point, you will need to return to your dentist as soon as possible in order to have a new crown or restoration placed on the tooth to restore full functionality.

 
 

Brookwood Endodontics

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Thank you for your caring treatment.

- Barbara C

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I really enjoyed my visit. For the first time in my adult life that I only had to receive one treatment of numbing treatment because I am extremely hard to numb up. GREAT JOB!!!!!! I would recommend them to anyone that needs treatment.

- Tina H

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Very professional crew that’s down to earth

- Jon B

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Great experience !!! Definitely recommend to everyone.

- Darvia T

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Awesome care and service

- Roy M

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Very Professional Attitude. Great Place.

- Terry W

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The staff were friendly and accommodating, and I feel Dr. Powell was thorough in his exam and honest on recommending that nothing needs to be done at this time.

- Dianne G

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The entire experience was terrific, from the front office person to the conclusion. Your dental assistant, Taylor, made me feel right at home! Dr Thomas made me feel like we had been friends for years and yet exuding a great aura of expert professionalism! A sincere thanks to all of you ! In His name, Bart Ehmann

- Bart E

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Everything was great and fast. Loved the staff.

- Marisol G

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Yes the friendliness staff ever

- LaChica T

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Dr Thomas thoroughly explained the procedure, showed me my X-rays, and provided specific after care instructions to follow. Erin was very helpful and the whole staff was friendly. I highly recommend this office!

- Kam K

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Everyone was great! Shelby and Dr. Kaple were Great!

- Tanja R

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Dr. Thomas is awesome. He works with you to make sure a procedure is necessary & helps address an issue when the timing is right for the patient. I go to him for all of my endodontist needs, which is unfortunately more than I’d like!

- Jodi W

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Was very pleased with the overall experience and would recommend to anyone needing this type of dental care.

- Jerry L

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Very pleasant

- Mark A

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Lauren also was excellent.

- Doreen O

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Friendly courteous professional service. Felt like the staff cared about my needs.

- Roddy J

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Very good experience

- Melanie A

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Smooth place , great views

- Kenneth R

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Dr. Thomas could not save my tooth. He immediately referredme to Dr Roden and secired me an appointment that day.

- Lucy H

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