Three Reasons to Choose GentleWave® Root Canal Treatment

A root canal is often the only way to save a severely damaged tooth. If tooth decay or trauma has reached the pulp of the tooth, causing infection, a root canal removes the tooth’s pulp and cleans the channels in the root to get rid of any disease. Gutta-percha, a type of sterile dental filling, is then placed in the tooth, which is then capped to seal out bacteria.

Although root canals are less painful and more effective now than in the past, they are still difficult to perform. The channels in the roots of your teeth are quite narrow and cleaning them with a traditional dental tool can be difficult. As a result, there is some risk of reinfection. However, we offer the innovative GentleWave® root canal to our patients. This revolutionary approach is gentle and painless and greatly reduces the chance of reinfection after treatment.

1. Patient Comfort

Root canals have been performed in the past using a thin metal file to clean the canals in the tooth’s roots. Although the procedure is performed carefully to minimize pain, there is often mild discomfort as the interior passages of the tooth are scraped clean of bacteria and debris.

GentleWave® technology does not use files or other dental tools to scrape away germs or debris. Instead, a flow of sterile cleaning fluids and multi-sonic waves gently loosens and washes away bacteria and contaminants without damaging the canals. This eliminates pain and ensures a quick recovery.

2. Effectiveness

Reaching every area of the root’s canals is challenging because these channels narrow, particularly toward the ends of the roots. The various channels in the teeth may also be twisted or complex, making the areas hard to reach with even the slimmest dental file, which has a limited range of movement and can’t bend sufficiently to access the tightest spaces.

With GentleWave root canal therapy, sonic (sound) waves that are undetectable to human ears are transmitted, along with a sterile cleansing fluid, into even the tiniest areas of the canals. The cleansing fluid is then vacuumed out to ensure no lingering debris or bacteria remains behind.

3. Efficiency

A traditional root canal often takes two or more treatments to clean the channels in the tooth’s roots fully, particularly if there are long, twisted, or multiple roots (as with molars). Each area has to be individually cleaned using a file that may not be able to bend to reach every cranny.

GentleWave® technology uses ultrasonic waves and a sterile disinfecting solution to reach every canal simultaneously and quickly flush bacteria and debris to the tooth’s surface. The contaminated fluid is then vacuumed away. For most patients, a single visit to our office is all it takes to complete a GentleWave root canal. You save time and money because only one visit to our office is required.

The GentleWave® Root Canal Technique

The innovative GentleWave technology combines sterile cleaning fluids and acoustic energy waves to clean the root canals thoroughly. Throughout the procedure, ultrasonic waves effectively loosen debris and bacteria within the intricate root canal system. Subsequently, the specialized fluids effortlessly lift and flush away these particles and bacteria from the tooth, promptly removing them through vacuuming.

By employing GentleWave, the ability to penetrate deeply into the canals and effectively clean inaccessible areas is greatly enhanced. Unlike traditional root canal cleaning methods that may inadvertently leave behind biofilm, which can lead to reinfection of the channels in the following weeks, GentleWave ensures the complete elimination of biofilm without necessitating further treatment of the tooth. The need to utilize files to scrape away debris and bacteria from the tooth’s canals is eliminated as well.

Please visit our website to learn more about GentleWave®. If you are interested in an alternative to traditional, invasive root canals, please call our office at Visage Surgical Institute Medina Office Phone Number 330-721-2323 to arrange a consultation with Dr. Usman.