GentleWave Root Canal
in Riverton

GentleWave Vs. Traditional Root Canal

Compared to a traditional root canal, GentleWave offers superior results and a lower chance of patients needing retreatment.

Root canals are designed to eliminate bacteria from the infected root canal and prevent infection of the tooth. During the procedure, the infected or inflamed pulp is removed and the inside of the tooth is cleaned, disinfected, filled, and sealed.

Standard root canal treatment can include complications:

• Weaken the remaining tooth structure by removing too much
• Leave behind too much infected tissue, requiring additional procedures
• Breaking a file off inside the tooth, where they cannot be removed
• Leave the tooth in-salvageable from puncturing through it
• Create a paste-like substance of debris and bacteria called a “smear layer”

A GentleWave Root Canal is minimally invasive, but the fluids are still able to reach through the entire root canal, even reaching the small, hard-to-reach areas a traditional root canal may not.

Watch this video to learn more about how the GentleWave procedure works and it can effectively clean teeth better than a standard root canal.

The GentleWave Root Canal Offers:

Benefits Of The GentleWave Root Canal

Patients have derived the GentleWave procedure as more comfortable than a standard root canal treatment.

Additionally, choosing a GentleWave Root Canal Offers the following benefits:

• Root canal alternative for anxious patients
• Minimally invasive
• One session procedure
• Reduces risk of infection
• Simple cost structures
• The majority of insurances accepted
• Drill free technology
• Faster healing than traditional root canals
• Lasting results
• Long-term minded treatment approach
• Industry leading root canal / trauma experts
• Cleans the deepest portions of the root canal system

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Traditional root canals are invasive, painful, and often require multiple treatments. With a GentleWave procedure, many of the negative side effects of a root canal can be avoided.

Greater Endodontics is proud to offer this level of care to our patients, and will gladly answer any questions you have about The GentleWave System.

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What To Expect

Patients who undergo a GentleWave Root Canal are often surprised at how comfortable it is, and how quickly they recover. It’s normal to feel nervous about a root canal, and you may be nervous about embarking on an alternative method.

With the GentleWave procedure, fewer files are required. This helps to preserve the dentin structure of the tooth, allowing it to stay strong and maintain its normal function.

First, an x-ray will be taken. A dentist will use this x-ray to examine the extent of the infection and see the shape and position of the root canals. Finding the canals is critical to ensuring the procedure will reach all of them and prevent reinfection.

Afterward, a local anesthetic will be administered to numb the tooth and surrounding area. A “dental dam,” or small protective sheet, may be placed over the area to keep it clean and free of bacteria-harboring saliva.

Once the area is numb, an opening to the tooth will be prepared. The tooth’s pulp and infected nerve tissue are removed. In a traditional root canal, the dentist or endodontist will use files to scrape the inside of the tooth and root canal system.

This is where a GentleWave Root Canal differs.

The root canal system is cleaned using the GentleWave procedure’s fluids. This flushes out bacteria, infection, and debris. Difficult spots in the system are reached through this method, allowing faster recovery and a low chance of needing further treatment.

After the cleaning, the tooth is filled and sealed. To protect the treated tooth from other bacteria, it is filled with a biocompostable material. Sometimes the tooth also needs to be restored further with a crown, which restores the natural appearance of the tooth.