An infected tooth means major discomfort and without treatment, the risk of losing the tooth altogether. To prevent missing teeth, you need an endodontic treatment that can actually stop discomfort and preserve your tooth. Our Albany, NY dental office can offer smile preservation with root canal therapy.
Hearing that you need a root canal treatment can be less than thrilling. It can make you embarrassed over the state of your oral health as well as concerned for what your treatment will involve. While a problem that makes this care necessary should not be taken lightly, your treatment is not something to avoid.…
Patients may be skeptical about the need for root canal therapy when they’re not experiencing any symptoms with their tooth, such as a severe toothache. However, just because a tooth doesn’t hurt doesn’t mean that it’s not at risk for severe consequences that a root canal can prevent. Root canal therapy is typically indicated when…
When a tooth has been affected by advanced decay or an injury that exposes the tooth’s inner core to the oral cavity, it may be possible to save the tooth with root canal therapy. Because the tooth can die if bacteria invade the pulp tissue in its core, root canal therapy prevents this outcome by…
Inside teeth are hollowed chambers called root canals. This area of teeth houses dental pulp and nerve endings. When root canals become infected, a patient will likely need root canal therapy to protect his or her oral health. Myths abound when it comes to public awareness of infected root canals and root canal treatment. Here…
Root canal therapy is necessary when a patient’s root canal becomes infected. Treatment removes the infected pulp from the root canal and then seals it to prevent re-infection. But how does a root canal become infected in the first place? There are a number of potential causes of this problem. When a tooth is cracked…