Knowing about how long a tooth will survive after a root canal can be useful in dental practice, and help patients and dentists make better oral care decisions. Teeth survive about 11 years after ...

When faced with a severe toothache, many patients are presented with two primary treatment options: root canal therapy or ...

"A tooth infection can kill you, but rarely," warns a Cleveland Clinic expert. Here's how to recognize the risks and how it can escalate.

A woman who needed a dental crown following a root canal on one of her teeth was left in severe pain after a dentist mistakenly crowned. The tooth had been “perf ...

A dentist who put a crown on a patient's wrong tooth has apologised after an investigation by the Health and Disability Commission.

A root canal is when the internal part of the tooth is infected, the nerve has died, or it's painful. We make a small opening on either the chewing surface of a back tooth or the back side of a ...

Tooth pain is never a good sign, but persistent pain that doesn’t respond to treatment could indicate that an extraction is ...

For mild pain after a tooth extraction, root canal, or other procedure, an over-the-counter pain medication usually does the trick after the local anesthetic wears off, Friedman advises.

Root canal treatment (RCT) may be necessary to treat an abscess deep inside the tooth. The procedure involves drilling into the tooth to remove the tooth’s pulp, bacteria, and any accumulated ...

Root canal treatment is offered when the dental pulp is dead but the tooth itself can be saved. It is called root canal treatment because it involves cleaning inside the root canals and placing a ...