A root canal's goal is simple: eliminate infection and save a tooth. It's not the nightmare it's made out to be.
A common misconception is that crowned teeth are more resilient to issues like plaque buildup or cavities that affect regular teeth and cause the need for operations such as root canals. However, ...
Dental charts from the university's dental clinical were audited for patients who had a single-cast crown between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2002. Cases were defined as individuals who underwent ...
When you’re in the dentist’s chair, being told that you need a filling, a crown, a root canal, or some other procedure, should you trust that advice? Or is there another option? Many factors—apart ...
Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: I recently went to the endodontist and was told my root canal from 15-plus years ago failed and that I could have an apicoectomy or another root ...
As a public health dentist and researcher, for years I saw the same pattern. Patients with deep root infections often had ...
A root canal is the name of the dental procedure that cleans out the decay in your tooth’s pulp and root. Your teeth have an enamel layer on the outside, a second layer of dentin, and a soft inside ...
Information about root canal treatment and your treatment with Bristol Dental School. A root canal treatment is a dental procedure used to treat infection or damage inside a tooth, specifically in the ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the root canal configuration, accessory canals and number of main foramina of 123 maxillary second molars by means of micro-computed tomography. The teeth were ...