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 ...

Root canal treatment, laser root disinfection, root planing and curettage, apicectomy are treatments for infected roots. Brush twice, gum massages, tongue cleaning for oral hygiene. Use mouth wash, ...

A root canal is a dental procedure to remove dead or inflamed tissue, called pulp, from inside a tooth. You may need a root canal if you have symptoms such as temperature sensitivity, pain, and ...

When a root canal is performed, the infected dental pulp inside a tooth is replaced with tiny rubber rods – unfortunately this leaves the tooth dead, and thus likely to become infected again. A new ...

Sasha Ross, DMD, MS, is a board-certified periodontist who has been with the Cleveland Clinic since 2013. She earned her dental degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and completed her ...

Nobody wants to hear those two words from their dentist: “root canal.” The procedure has such a bad reputation that people use it as a metaphor for anything unpleasant and painful. But here’s some ...

Nanodiamonds may help patients that have had the dreaded root canal. Dental researchers have developed a nanodiamond-reinforced version of gutta percha, the compound that is used to fill void spaces ...

An infection of the root tip of a tooth increases the risk of coronary artery disease, even if the infection is symptomless. Hidden dental root tip infections are very common: as many as one in four ...

Not many people know that our oral health is closely related to our heart health. Poor oral hygiene, resulting in gum disease (periodontitis), is linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Over ...