Dr Kehn Yapp
Specialist Endodontist
Patient centred quality care
How we can help save your tooth
Endodontic treatment
Root canal (endodontic) treatment is usually indicated when the pulp (nerve and blood supply) of the tooth becomes damaged and the space inside the canal of the tooth becomes infected.
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To treat the infection, the canal(s) inside the tooth are cleaned, dressed and filled. In order to protect the remaining tooth structure, a crown by your general dentist is usually recommended.
Why keep the tooth?
Removal of the tooth might be the simplest option, however it is often in your best interests to keep your own tooth both for speaking, eating and for having a beautiful smile.
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Replacement therapy is usually more complex, more costly, more time consuming and not quite the same, or as easily maintained, as your natural tooth.
What do I feel?
One of the aims of endodontic treatment is to relieve the pain you may experience when the pulp of your tooth is damaged.
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Treatment is done with local anaesthetic and you should not feel a thing during the procedure. It is not unusual for patients to fall asleep during the appointment!
Specialist training
An endodontist undertakes an additional three years of full time study after becoming a qualified dentist. This develops the highest level of expertise where these skills are specifically aimed for performing endodontic treatment.
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In addition to this, an operating microscope is used at all times, so that the fine details inside your tooth can be examined and treated to the highest level of care.
About us
Dr Kehn Yapp
BDSc, DCD (Endo), PhD
Dr Kehn Yapp completed his general dental and specialist endodontic training at The University of Melbourne.
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He lectures extensively at international and Australian conferences and teaches in the fields of providing high quality endo-restorative care to patients, ergonomic microscope team training and diagnostic decision and probability theory.
3D imaging
What this technology does
A cone beam CT (computed tomography) scan takes a high resolution three dimensional image of your tooth.
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This provides a whole new level of information that was never available with 2D x-ray images.
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Important details about the internal anatomy, relationship of the tooth to external structures, analysis of the surrounding bone and assessment of changes over time can be determined with 3D imaging.
Why we use it
Sometimes to get more information about your tooth, we have to take a 3D scan which can help for many reasons:
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- Making the right diagnosis
- Deciding on the most appropriate treatment option for you
- Planning treatment and communicating with other dentists or specialists who are helping you.
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This helps you get the best possible outcome.