Teeth are held in the jaw by their roots. Inside each tooth is the ""pulp" or "nerve" which supplies nourishment and sensation to the tooth. Root canals are very small, thin canals that branch off from the pulp chamber down to the tip of the root. A tooth has at least one but no more than four root canals.

When the pulp or root canal is diseased or injured, it "dies". If you don't remove the dead tissues your tooth gets infected and you could lose it.

• Root Canal or Endodontic Treatment is the removal and cleaning out of any infection in the pulp and root canals. The goal of root canal treatment is to preserve the tooth.
• Pulpectomy In case the decay is so severe and the pulp is already infected, it should be removed or it will be cause of terrible pain and loosing that tooth.
• Apicoectomy If a large irremovable abscess is discovered at the apex of the root during root canal treatment, you will sometimes loose that tooth. However, we can approach from apex and remove the abscess so that you keep the tooth.