Root canal therapy may be needed if a patient experiences prolonged or intense toothache in combination with various other symptoms.

An Endodontist’s Guide to Relieving Anxiety Surrounding Root Canal Treatment

By spreading information about modern root canal treatment, dentists and endodontists can relieve patient anxiety and, ultimately, save more teeth. Root canal treatment is an endodontist’s most essential tool when it comes to saving natural teeth. Dentists and endodontists will agree that the majority of their patient visits, outside of routine appointments, [...]

An Endodontist’s Guide to Relieving Anxiety Surrounding Root Canal Treatment2018-09-04T13:19:10+00:00

Endodontic Microsurgery Can Save Teeth when Root Canal Treatment Cannot

To strengthen your practice, consider partnering with Professional Endodontics and offering your patients access to contemporary endodontic microsurgery in the hands of highly trained specialists. Though conventional, nonsurgical root canal therapy will always be the preferred route for any endodontic proplem, there are instances in which this method of treatment cannot save [...]

Endodontic Microsurgery Can Save Teeth when Root Canal Treatment Cannot2018-06-19T14:31:59+00:00

Why You Should See an Endodontist for Abscessed Teeth

Endodontists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of dental problems that stem from the root canal making them the ideal choice to treat an abscessed tooth. Though most toothaches can be written off as temporary inflammation that will eventually heal, it is important to consider the possibility that it might be something [...]

Why You Should See an Endodontist for Abscessed Teeth2018-03-14T14:43:29+00:00

Root Canal Treatment Provides Long Lasting Benefits for Your Teeth

Enjoy benefits that outlast and outperform dental implants by opting for root canal treatment instead. Root canal treatment has undergone quite a transformation over the past few decades due to ongoing research and new developments in dental technology. A treatment that has been for a long time thought to be a painful [...]

Root Canal Treatment Provides Long Lasting Benefits for Your Teeth2017-11-28T15:19:00+00:00

Root Canal Preparation and Obturation

Keeping up with the latest tools and methods for canal preparation and obturation is essential for providing proper endodontic care. According to the newsletter Colleagues for Excellence, published by the American Association of Endodontics (AAE), canal preparation and obturation are the “two pillars of nonsurgical endodontics.” In short, canal preparation involves providing [...]

Root Canal Preparation and Obturation2017-10-03T17:31:29+00:00

How to Relieve Patient Anxiety Surrounding Root Canal Treatment

Alleviating patient anxiety surrounding root canal treatment could mean the retention of your patient’s natural dentition. There is a stigma surrounding root canal treatment that carries along with it false anxieties about it being a painful and possibly dangerous experience. Not surprisingly, this stigma is mostly upheld and spread by people who [...]

How to Relieve Patient Anxiety Surrounding Root Canal Treatment2017-10-03T17:31:33+00:00

Proper Post Root Canal Care Ensures a Healthy Healing Process

Knowing what to do after a root canal treatment can help patients recover well and prevent any further issues in the future. Patients who have taken the steps of seeing an endodontist for a root canal treatment should be congratulated for seeking out the best care to ensure their own health and [...]

Proper Post Root Canal Care Ensures a Healthy Healing Process2017-10-03T17:31:35+00:00

Root Canal Treatments Offer Lifelong Benefits

Root canal treatment can provide permanent relief from tooth pain and offers many lasting oral health benefits. When it comes to having dental work completed, it is important to select the treatment that will have the best effect on your long-term health. For example, studies have shown that having a root canal [...]

Root Canal Treatments Offer Lifelong Benefits2016-02-02T14:23:22+00:00

Teaching the Truth about Root Canals

Root canal treatments have developed a bad reputation which can be dispelled through careful patient education. For decades, people have shared common myths about the dangers and negative consequences of root canals. Because of this, root canal treatments have developed a bad reputation and can cause anxiety in many patients. However, these [...]

Teaching the Truth about Root Canals2015-08-18T14:10:56+00:00

Root Canal Treatment vs Extraction

There is no debate when it comes to treating a tooth with a root canal or extraction: root canals are almost always the better choice. Endodontists receive significant training in the diagnosis and treatment of oral pain. As a result, they have a special level of expertise when it comes to handling [...]

Root Canal Treatment vs Extraction2015-08-04T16:05:46+00:00