This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. The patients kept coming to the Utah oral surgeon’s office — one after another, year after ...
"If we merely identified it as the first step of a root-canal procedure but never characterized it as a standard-of-care ...
The dental procedure is one of the most dreaded. Here are six of its most common causes. By Susan Shapiro Last fall, I was plagued by a mysterious string of toothaches. Several dental appointments and ...
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 ...
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