
ONE SITTING ROOT CANAL TREATMENT
What is Restorative Dentistry?
Today restorative dental treatments really help us to achieve optimum dental health, function and aesthetics for our patients. Restorative treatment ‘restores’ your teeth and gums to health.
Restorative dental treatment includes fillings, root canals, inlays, onlays, and posts & cores.
From time to time, the teeth can become infected or damaged and then that portion of the tooth needs to be removed and restored.
Restoring the tooth also includes the rehabilitation of the tooth, and helps to preserve its appearance and function, and is often a means of saving the tooth.
Fillings are the most common type of restorations, and are used to restore teeth that have cavities. Traditional metal or silver amalgam fillings are still in use, but they are unsightly and contain toxic mercury.
Also the preparation of the cavity is not conservative, as some mechanical preparations of retention need to be followed. We recommend white composite fillings which blend in with your natural teeth and are more aesthetic. These fillings are mercury free. The cavity preparation for composite fillings is more conservative compared to silver amalgam, as we just grind the tooth where it is required, ie the decayed portion.
Your health and well-being should come first, and restorative treatment can make a huge difference to the way you look and feel. One Sitting Root Canal Treatments, are Guaranteed, Painless.
At Smile Delhi-The Dental Clinic, 95 percent of Root Canal treatments are done in one sitting. The latest rotary instruments make the procedure efficient and quick. The time of the entire treatment is just 45-60 minutes, which makes this treatment popular. We guarantee you a painless experience during and after your appointment.
“With my own two root canal treatments done by our specialist. I can say from personal experience, that my treatments were painless, and I did not need any painkillers after the treatment. It was like magic; in 45 minutes I went from excruciating pain to zero pain”….Dr Suprriya
If a small amount of food debris is left in your teeth, (which usually happens when one misses night brushing/or is careless with it) the bacteria which are present in the mouth react with the food. As a result, acid is produced. This acid starts dissolving the tooth leading to decay/cavity/_caries or a hole in the tooth.
In dentistry, an inlay is an indirect restoration (filling) consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place. This is usually done when the tooth structure damaged by decay/chipping/fracture is too big to be replaced by a filling.

An onlay is an indirect restoration (filling) consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain). In dentistry, an onlay is an indirect restoration (filling) consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted onto a tooth and cemented into place. This is done when the tooth damage is extensive involving one or more of its cusps. It is conservative and saves tooth structure.

Post and core is essentially a foundation restoration for a tooth. This is used to sufficiently restore a tooth’s morphology or shape, followed by future restoration such as application of a crown. This is done when there is extensive loss of tooth structure as a result of decay, fracture or other causes.

Here is what some of our patients had to say, regarding their experience of root canals treatments done at our clinic.
Tom P. Darriington, Australia
Maria Mahapatra, Orissa
Sanjay Rath, New Delhi
Krishnan Amex, New Delhi
Frequently Asked Questions
Certain antibiotics can be helpful in reducing the amount of pain and infection in a tooth but they are by no means a solution. Once the infection has reached the nerves of the tooth and the nerve is damaged it will need to be treated by an endodontic, root canal therapy. The antibiotic can only reduce the symptoms but will not treat the cause. Unless the cause of the infection (Infected nerve) is removed the pain will keep coming back.
There are a few things for you to keep in mind when eating after root canal treatments:
- Just after the root canal is completed, do not eat anything till the anaesthetic affect wears out.
- Eat on the opposite side to the tooth that has been worked on, after the anaesthetic affect worn off.
- Chew slowly so that you do not risk the food ending up on the side you are avoiding.
- Just after the root canal procedure is done you should avoid hot drink to prevent burning or biting your lip or tongue like hot tea, coffee etc. as the tooth is still under the anaesthetic affect
Avoid biting on hard foods like ice, nuts crunchy foods such as apples, carrots, till the crown/cap is fixed on this tooth. If one does not follow this the root canal tooth can fracture/chip off since it is now brittle (as the nerve has been removed).
You can eat as soon as the effect of the anaesthesia wears off. Waiting until the numbness wears off, will prevent you from biting your tongue or cheek. Until your root canal procedure is finished and the crown is cemented, is advisable to do not chew/ have very soft food with the tooth under treatment to avoid damaging it.
You can avoid the need for root canal treatment by keeping in mind the following things:
- Visit your dentist regularly twice a year for professional cleanings and examination. This is important as dental problem remains silent for a long time. A cavity in a tooth will only give pain if it has reached the nerve of the tooth (then the tooth needs a root canal).
- Brush and floss your teeth twice a day, Post breakfast and post dinner.
- Rinse your mouth every time you eat or snack in between the meals, to remove any food stuck in the mouth immediately.
- Eat a healthy diet low in sugar, high in fiber and avoid acidic beverages such as sodas, sugary drinks etc.
- If you actively participate in sports, consider wearing a mouth guard/ sports guard to protect your teeth from injury.