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Root Canal Before and After: What to Expect

Have you recently been told that you need a root canal? If you are suffering from a toothache or the dentist has discovered deep decay within the tooth, then it might be necessary to use this modern dental treatment to save your tooth. It’s understandable that you are asking questions about the root canal before and after when preparing for this appointment. Root Canal: Before and After the Appointment There are several things that will happen before and after your root canal: Before a Root Canal: You will likely notice a few symptoms and you might be wondering if there…

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Root Canal Awareness Day: Saving Your Tooth with a Root Canal

Did you know that there is a national day dedicated to the topic of root canals? This year, May 11, 2022, was National Root Canal Appreciation Day -a chance to recognize dentists and the critical role they play in protecting our health. This appreciation day happens every year, on the second Wednesday of May. While root canals aren’t something that patients want to celebrate, this day is an opportunity to teach people about root canals and how they protect overall dental health. Years ago, before modern dentistry was available, an infection in the tooth could cause serious harm and even…

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What is a Root Canal?

Root Canal Therapy Can Save Your Tooth & Surrounding Tissue The field of dental care often gets a bad reputation because of portrayals in many different media. Visits to the dentists are shown as painful and all-around bad experiences. It doesn’t matter what treatment is shown. One of the treatments with the worst reputation out of all of them is the root canal. Root canal therapy is the most well-known endodontic treatment. Endodontic treatments main goal is to treat the inside of the tooth. Many people fear this treatment, believing it to be incredibly painful. However, Cosmetic & Family Dentistry…

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5 Root Canal Myths Debunked

Of all the procedures to have done on your mouth, root canals are claimed to be one of the most painful. But it’s not all about pain, though. There is a lot of misinformation about root canals that can be scary to those who have been told by their dentist to get one. The goal here isn’t to scare anybody from getting a root canal. The goal is to educate and reduce the anxieties about root canals so here are 5 root canal myths debunked. Myth 1: Root canals are painful: This one is kind of true and false but…

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