Root canals strike fear into many people. But root canals are among the most common dental procedures done in the United States. According to the American Association of Endodontics, more than 15 ...

A root canal is a dental procedure that gets rid of damage in your tooth’s roots while preserving your natural tooth. Root canals become necessary when infection or inflammation develops in the soft ...

Root Canal Treatment: What Really Happens Inside Your Tooth: By Ambika Mondal Key InsightsA root canal treatment is about saving your natural tooth, not rushing to replace it. Modern techniques have ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

A root canal ranks high on most people's list of dreaded dental procedures, and it results in a dead tooth susceptible to further decay. Now scientists have developed a peptide hydrogel designed to ...

We’ve all felt that sinking feeling when a routine dental check-up suddenly turns into a list of procedures. The thought of a numbing shot, the high-pitched drill, the awkwardness of lying still and ...

Nobody wants to hear those two words from their dentist: “root canal.” The procedure has such a bad reputation that people use it as a metaphor for anything unpleasant and painful. But here’s some ...

If you've had a root canal, you can expect your tooth to survive for about 11 years, researchers say. For a time, root canals can maintain teeth affected by cavities or other problems, but the tooth ...

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 ...

Imaging aided in managing a man’s atypical root canal anatomy in which the distobuccal canal of his maxillary second molar was close to the palatal root canal with partially fused roots. The case ...

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, ...