THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW . . .
APPOINTMENTS . . .
Appointments are available Monday - Thursday 7:30 until 3:30
Your first appointment is to find out if root canal therapy is right for you.
After finishing a history, we take x-rays, and examine your teeth. Your problem and treatments are discussed with you. Fees and insurance are discussed with you. Then, you choose the treatment which suits you.
Pain relief can be provided at the first appointment. The second appointment will provide the treatment you choose.
We are serious about appointments. Thirty to 90 minutes are reserved, just for you. Telephone calls are made to confirm your appointment. Unconfirmed appointments are cancelled. If you are late, reappoint or cancel without one business day notice, a deposit is required for the next appointment. Deposits are applied to office charges, including broken appointment charges.
GUESTS . . .
If patients have sight, speech or hearing impairment, or require a translator, a helper may be invited to the examination, with a patient. Others can be comfortably seated in the reception room. Children are not allowed in treatment areas, and may not remain, unattended, in the reception area.
TREATMENT . . .
Root canal therapy is 95% successful. That means, 1 out of every 20 root canal treatments fail. Success, depends on your ability to heal. Complications, such as root fractures, infection, bruising, perforations, obstructions, calcified canals, severe curves, instrument fracture and other things, occur. Treated teeth may also need surgery, retreated or removal. Surgery and retreats have a 40-60% success rate.
During root canal therapy, existing dental work may be destroyed. Fillings are routinely removed. The original dental work may need to be redone by your family dentist. Most teeth which have root canal therapy will require a crown, placed by your family dentist.