Root Canal

Few dental procedures are as misunderstood as root canals. Even today, there are myths concerning what amounts to nothing more than having a cavity filled. Yes, a root canal is just a cavity that forms below your gumline. Cavities form when the plaque on your teeth creates bacteria. When the bacteria mix with sugary foods, it creates an […]

A root canal is a dental procedure that removes infected pulp from a person’s tooth. As a result, it eliminates lingering bacteria to prevent infections and the need for a tooth extraction. People often need root canals should the bacteria within a cavity start causing pain and discomfort. The Benefits of Getting a Root Canal Acquiring a

In April’s first blog we didn’t delve into April showers and May flowers. We didn’t talk about chocolate Easter bunnies or those tulips coming up in your garden. We talked about the root canal. Fer fun! Our aim was to dispel some of the incredible misinformation that surrounds this important dental procedure. Root canals aren’t

That headline alone is enough to make most people run for the hills or go hide under the boardwalk over at Jenkinson’s. The poor root canal — it needs a new PR firm or publicist. Everyone in the back of their minds equates a root canal with some form of medieval torture, somewhere between the

If there is one procedure that really gets a bad rap, it’s the root canal. For some reason, people equate this procedure with extreme pain, although it is no more painful than having a cavity filled. Plus, the rumors of medieval torture keep many patients from enjoying the true benefit of a root canal —

If you’re old enough, you probably remember the Blue Oyster Cult song titled “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” That’s a dumb title — everyone’s scared of that dude in the black hooded cloak. But you shouldn’t group root canals from the Gentle Dental team in there as something else to fear. Root canals are actually a

Root canals either make people think of a barge being towed up the Erie Canal, or the term makes them run away as fast as possible. But what do you actually know about root canals? We like our patients to be educated at Gentle Dental, so here we go. What is a root canal? While

Generally when people hear about canals, they either think of the romantic canals of Venice or the industrial miracles of the Panama Canal and such. They don’t think about their teeth. Nor do they want to! But a root canal can be a lifeboat for a tooth, saving an otherwise sinking ship. What is the