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What are Root Canal Headaches

Root canal headaches can be excruciating and may deprive you of your sleep. They are mostly caused due to a flawed root canal treatment, or any new infection that sets in after sometime since placing the crown/completing the root canal treatment. Often, in order to stop the pain, you are forced to resort to [...]

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What is Root Canal Treatment?

Root canal treatment, also called root canal therapy, is a procedure used to treat problems of the inside of the tooth, or the dental pulp. It is a way to save teeth that might otherwise have to be pulled. The treatment could involve from one to three visits to your dentist or Endodontist, (root canal [...]

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What Causes a Need for a Root Canal?

A lot of people think that bad hygiene is the cause of all teeth problems. This is only one cause of root canal.
The fact is we inherit our teeth from our parents, determining whether we have hard or soft teeth.
Soft teeth decay more readily than hard teeth and take extra careful hygiene to prevent [...]

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What to Do after Root Canal Treatment?

When the nerve of a tooth becomes infected, root canal treatment can save the tooth. How do you know if you have an infected tooth? Some of the signs are heat and cold sensitivity, swelling and pain, or a bad taste in your mouth. Or, you may experience no symptoms at all and not realize [...]

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