Underneath your tooth's outer enamel is an area of soft tissue called pulp. The pulp carries the tooth's nerves, veins, arteries and lymph vessels. Root canals are very small divisions that branch off from the top pulp chamber down to the tip of the root.
When the pulp becomes infected due to a deep cavity or fracture, pressure cannot be relieved from inside the tooth. This causes pain in the tooth commonly felt when biting down or chewing on it.
The tooth will not heal by itself. If not treated, the infection will spread and the bone around the tooth will begin to degenerate. A root canal is done to save the tooth by cleaning out the diseased pulp and restoring the canal. The tooth is then permanently sealed. This enables you to keep the original tooth.
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