Sitting in a dentist's chair for a root canal treatment can be a painful experience. However, it is one of the essential treatments that can help save the tooth that would otherwise need to be ...

As a public health dentist and researcher, for years I saw the same pattern. Patients with deep root infections often had wider health problems, particularly those with diabetes. I did not yet ...

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 ...

Root canal treatment is designed to save a natural tooth by removing infected pulp, not to cause pain. An infected tooth, often causing severe tooth pain or sensitivity, can lead to bone loss or ...

As per the study, root canal treatment helps lower blood sugar and reduces diabetes risk. (Picture: Pexels) Root canals may reduce blood sugar and improve cholesterol levels. Treating tooth infections ...

Penn's School of Dental Medicine, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Perelman School of Medicine have worked together to create a new treatment option for apical periodontitis, a ...

A tooth infection might be doing more than you think, new study suggests. Most people think of a root canal as something you get to fix a painful tooth and move on. It’s dental, local, contained. You ...

Sometimes, a tooth can become so severely damaged or infected that your dentist might discuss a couple of different kinds of treatment plans with you. The first is a root canal, and the other is a ...

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 ...