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Root Canal or Dental Implant...which is best?

Monday, February 08, 2010

Root Canal or Dental Implant…that is the question!

If you are being confronted with a decision on how to treat an infected tooth, what should you do? If the tooth is badly decayed your options may be limited. Often your decision is to save the tooth or remove it!

As a rule of thumb, when it is possible to save a tooth, it is usually the best solution. But there are always scenarios that lend to other ways to resolve the problem at hand.

By saving the tooth, root canal therapy might be needed. Usually following a “root canal” a crown is usually needed to restore and protect the tooth. Depending upon which tooth is culprit and how “sick” the tooth is might require considering to extract the tooth and place an implant. This too will require a crown after the implant has become one with the bone.

In today’s dental world, an implant is preferable to a fixed bridge and the implant is the closest option to a natural tooth. One nice thing about implants, since they are made of titanium, you can never get decay with this “tooth”.

Should you have any questions about root canal therapy or dental implants, please do not hesitate to give our office a call at 561-394-9000. We will arrange an appointment that works best with your schedule to get you on your way to helping your maintain a healthier mouth!

Kenneth A. Mogell, D.M.D.