Root Canal Treatment
It may be obvious, but one dental truth bears repeating: the best teeth are your natural teeth. But naturally, not all teeth wear evenly or are treated equally. Numerous tiny variations will contribute to the condition of any one of your teeth. When it develops problems, our dental team has the tools, the skills and the experience to save your tooth from what might be an early demise.
One common procedure to preserve an endangered tooth is root canal treatment. Dr Ibrahim of the Dentists @ Belmore is such an expert that he tutored for the procedure. This prowess has made him an authority in root canal technology like rotary endodontics and eager to dispel the myths about the root canal procedure.
Root Canal Treatment Myths
- Myth #1 – Root Canal Treatment Hurts. Pain has often been associated in popular culture with the root canal. But the source of your toothache is not the procedure but rather the infection inside your tooth. So Dr Ibrahim wants to enlighten you because the procedure relieves your pain. Our team will also mute the impacts of treatment with anesthetics that completely numb your tooth.
- Myth #2 – Pulling the Tooth Is as Good. You’ve probably heard the expression that you don’t cure a headache by cutting off your head. This holds for your teeth too. A missing tooth, like your head, won’t grow back. Once you understand the details, you may agree that you should save a tooth before replacing it if you have the option.
- Myth #3 – We Disregard Your Anxiety about Root Canal Treatment. Although Dr Ibrahim knows the benefits of this procedure far outweigh the detractions, his team will still acknowledge and treat your anxiety. Stress doesn’t benefit any process, so in addition to relaxation and other anti-anxiety techniques, we also administer the calming effects of nitrous oxide. This odourless gas is well known for taking the edge off your experience, leaving no lasting side effects.
Advantages of Root Canal Treatment by Dentists @ Belmore
While at the University of Sydney, Dr Ibrahim was a tutor for root canal treatment and used the latest technology in treatment. Our digital x-rays help us make an accurate diagnosis. Our rotary endodontics more effectively removes decay and damage so that the treatment protects your remaining tooth for the long term.
Dr Ibrahim is also qualified to recognise your case's complexity, and where he deems it necessary, we will refer you to a root canal specialist.
We Invite You to Learn More about Root Canal Procedures in Belmore NSW
If you are experiencing tooth pain or other symptoms that may indicate you’re a candidate for root canal treatment, we encourage you to contact the Dentists @ Belmore without delay. Now that you know a root canal procedure solves the problem, you’ll be happy you made the call.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you've grown accustomed to the general consensus that dentistry is painful, then we understand how your first question when seeking care might be how much will it hurt. However, at the top of our list of dental care myths we'd like to dispel is that dentistry causes pain. The truth is that oral health problems like infection, inflammation and damaged teeth cause pain, and dental treatments relieve that pain.
How Australians Feel Pain
A global pain study recently revealed that Australians top the world in body ache prevalence. Here are some of the breakdowns to consider:
- Half of Australians who complain about pain say it lasts several hours or longer.
- A third of Australians think pain is a sign of weakness
- 45% of Australians are ‘annoyed’ or 'frustrated' by pain
- One in four say pain ruins their overall happiness
At the Dentists @ Belmore, we take your pain seriously and seek to relieve it through effective and compassionate care. Our team is highly experienced and uses gentle techniques when numbing the area to be treated. We also offer nitrous oxide mild sedation to help you experience that dentistry can be pleasant, easy, and efficient.
If you are concerned about pain, let us know, and we will be here to help you have the gentle, stress-free dentistry you deserve.
Root Canal Treatment May Save Your Tooth
When the pulp (nerve and blood supply inside the tooth) becomes damaged or inflamed, a person may experience a lot of pain or swelling. Root Canal Treatment is a proven way of saving the tooth by cleaning out the damaged pulp inside the roots of the teeth. This often relieves the pain and prevents bacteria from regrowing inside. Root Canal Treatment is a highly technical procedure, which our dentists are well-trained in performing.
In fact, two of our dentists Dr Moe and Dr Ibrahim have been clinical tutors at The University of Sydney Dental School, teaching undergraduate students this fine art and science.
Here at The Dentists @ Belmore, we try our best to respect your time and we expect our patients to do the same. Arriving late (more than 15 minutes), short notice cancellations and failure to attend leads to disruptions to our patients and staff.
As a small privately-owned dental practice, we are financially strained when patients miss appointments. We are not a large corporation and we do not treat our patients as numbers.
We like to give our patients the full scope of our knowledge and care, and we like each patient experience to be personalised, as dental care should be. We aim to provide you with an exceptional service at an affordable cost. Chair time lost to no shows or short notice cancellations impacts our ability to run our small business.
It is in ours and our patients’ best interest that we keep lost chair time to a minimum.
We ask our patients to give at least 24 hour notice before cancellation or rescheduling. It is very difficult to fill in these appointments, so please let us know well ahead of time if you need to reschedule.
Holding your appointment time means turning away other patients in urgent need of dental care. Therefore, any missed or short notice cancellations will attract a cancellation fee of $50.
Our cancellation policy is as follows:
- Our patients are required to pay a $50 holding fee to secure their appointment.
- The holding fee will be taken off the final cost of your appointment.
- Cancelling an appointment with more than 24 hour notice is absolutely fine. We can accommodate for this.
- Failing to attend, rescheduling, or cancelling an appointment with less than 24 hours notice leads to a $50 cancellation fee, which means forfeiting the $50 holding deposit.
- If you wish to re-book after cancelling within 24 hours, you will be required to pay another $50 holding fee.
- We always send out an SMS reminder or we call our patients well in advance to confirm the appointment.
- We reserve the right to ask for the cost of treatment upfront before making another appointment. This is a last resort option only if there is a recurring cancellation pattern.
- New patients who fail to attend or cancel with less than 24 hours notice on two consecutive occasions will not be rebooked.
For long appointments such as whitening or root canals, we will require a deposit at the time of booking.
Meet Our Doctor:
Dr Ibrahim Al-Salti Principal Dentist & Owner
BDent (Hons) | BPharm (Hons)
Dr Ibrahim is the principal dentist at The Dentists @ Belmore. He is a graduate of The University of Sydney Schools of Dentistry and Pharmacy.
Since graduation, Dr Ibrahim held different positions across NSW in both metropolitan and rural settings. During that time, he also undertook extensive further training both locally and abroad in locations spanning the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Dr Ibrahim still keeps up with the latest in research and treatments to offer his patients leading care.
When it comes to patient care Dr Ibrahim believes in ...