At the centre of every tooth is a hollow area that houses soft tissues, such as the nerve, blood vessels, and connective tissue. This hollow area contains a relatively wide space in the coronal portion of the tooth called the pulp chamber. These canals run through the center of the roots, similar to the way pencil lead runs through a pencil. The pulp receives nutrition through the blood vessels, and sensory nerves carry signals back to the brain. A tooth can be relieved from pain if there is irreversible damage to the pulp, via root canal treatment.

The space inside the root canals is filled with a highly vascularized, loose connective tissue, the dental pulp. The dental pulp also nourishes and hydrates the tooth structure, making the tooth more resilient, less brittle and less prone to fracture from chewing hard foods. Additionally, the dental pulp provides a hot and cold sensory function.

Root canal is also a colloquial term for a dental procedure, endodontic therapy, wherein the pulp is cleaned out, and the space disinfected and then filled.

Root canal anatomy consists of the pulp chamber and root canals. Both contain the dental pulp. The smaller branches, referred to as accessory canals, are most frequently found near the root end (apex), but may be encountered anywhere along the root length. The total number of root canals per tooth depends on the number of the tooth roots ranging from one to four, five or more in some cases. Sometimes there is more than one root canal per root. Some teeth have a more variable internal anatomy than others. An unusual root canal shape, complex branching (especially the existence of horizontal branches), and multiple root canals are considered as the main causes of root canal treatment failures (e.g. If a secondary root canal goes unnoticed by the dentist and is not cleaned and sealed, it will remain infected, causing the root canal therapy to fail).

Root canal treatment is a relatively common dental procedure performed by most general dental practitioners with varied success rates.
What we do differently???

The final objective of root canal treatment is complete filling of the root canal space. A space whose parameters vary infinitely from root to root and tooth to tooth must be obliterated completely.

• Use of magnification and illumination: Endodontics is one area of dentistry that has greatly benefited from the advances in optical technology. Magnification helps with all aspects of root canal treatment especially location of extra canals, retreatments.
• Use of system B and Obtura for root canal fillings –

We use warm vertical condensation technique which is now considered a gold standard in endodontic therapy Heated gutta-percha has been shown to flow extremely well into all canal irregularities. It is particularly useful in situations such as internal resorption, C-shaped canals, and those with fins or webs.