Three Fundamental Tips for Preventing Complications After Root Canal Treatment
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11 February 2022
If you have a severe case of dental decay, your dentist might recommend root canal treatment. This process is the best approach to saving the affected tooth and eliminating the need for extraction. In general, this procedure involves drilling the compromised tooth after anaesthetic injection. Then, the pulp cavity is cleaned of the infected and damaged nerves and vessels before sealing. The dental work is quite straightforward, but the treatment is quite invasive.
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5 Signs You Need Emergency Dental Care from a Professional Dentist
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14 December 2021
With numerous kinds of dental problems, it can be pretty confusing knowing which ones require emergency dental care. For severe cases, delaying even a single day might be the difference between keeping and losing your tooth. If you find it hard to differentiate emergencies from non-emergencies, here are five signs it's time to schedule an emergency dentist appointment.
Your Tooth Is Broken
You don't need to visit your emergency dentist if you only have a slightly chipped tooth with zero pain.
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Unusual But Important Questions That Dentists Often Get
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29 October 2021
Do you remember back in school when you wanted to ask your teacher a question but were afraid of how the question sounded? Well, experienced dentists have come across many surprising questions from patients, so you should always feel comfortable discussing these questions with a medical professional. In fact, dentists encourage patients to ask questions, no matter how strange they might sound. Although you can use the internet to research answers to some of the questions, a dentist's answers are easier to understand and internalise.
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Can a Root Canal Be Performed on a Loose Tooth?
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23 July 2021
Not everyone visits their dentist when they should—even when there's clear evidence that you should do so quite urgently. Yes, that troublesome tooth might be painful and discoloured, with some inflammation in the gum tissue at the base of the tooth. You might assume that you need root canal treatment, and were trying to avoid this outcome by hoping that your tooth will get better (which is never wise). But if your tooth has deteriorated even further, to the point that it has started to feel loose, then you may be wondering if it is too late for a root canal to be of any benefit.
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