If a root canal tooth still hurts, it must be pulled.
Endodontic retreatment at Augusta Endodontic Center can often clear infection and save your natural tooth, even years after your first procedure.
Retreatment is a completely different, risky surgery.
It’s much like a standard root canal, reopening the tooth, cleaning infected tissue, then sterilizing and resealing it to give healing a second chance.
Pain months or years later means the first dentist failed.
New decay, a cracked tooth, or a loose crown can let bacteria back in, even after a successful root canal, and retreatment can fix the problem.
A crowned tooth can’t get reinfected.
If a crown is delayed, damaged, or not fully sealed, tiny leaks let saliva and bacteria reach the root canal filling, making retreatment necessary.
Root canal retreatment is much more painful than the first time.
With modern anesthesia and gentle techniques, most Augusta patients feel pressure, not sharp pain, and only mild soreness afterward.
Any dentist can handle a failed root canal.
Endodontists at Augusta Endodontic Center use advanced training plus 3D CBCT imaging and microscopes to find hidden canals and precisely clean the infection.
Pulling the tooth and getting an implant is always better.
Saving your natural tooth often feels more normal, may be less costly, and helps protect your bite and nearby teeth when retreatment succeeds.
If the pain comes and goes, you can wait it out.
Ongoing pain or swelling after a root canal is a warning sign. Augusta Endodontic Center can evaluate your tooth early and often save it with retreatment.