Richard S Kahan, Specialist Endodontist

Endodontics is a dental specialty that encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of dental pain, saving teeth and preparing the foundations for crown or bridgework. It includes microsurgical techniques (apicectomy) beneath teeth to treat infections or abscesses and the internal bleaching of teeth. An endodontist will have specialized equipment as well as many years of knowledge in this restricted field of clinical work. Consequently teeth that many dentists would maybe deem to be untreatable can be treated and saved by an endodontist.