A root canal is when the internal part of the tooth is infected, the nerve has died, or it's painful. We make a small opening on either the chewing surface of a back tooth or the back side of a ...

It's also where he spent the morning of Thanksgiving Day getting a root canal to repair a chipped — and now dead — tooth he suffered from yet another high stick just the night before.

How to treat it: 'A root canal and crown is typically the treatment recommended for a dead tooth, and, if the tooth needed to be removed, implanting a bridge or removable appliance such as a ...

Endodontic treatment typically involves eradicating debris and microorganisms within a tooth to clean up infection as much as possible, followed by filling the root canal to prevent reinfection.

Rodent incisors and molars are examples of rootless teeth, in which the root canal remains open and the tooth continues to grow indefinitely. Mice have four incisors, two maxillary (upper ...

Root canal treatment is offered when the dental pulp is dead but the tooth itself can be saved. It is called root canal treatment because it involves cleaning inside the root canals and placing a ...