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Understanding Root Canal Treatment: A Guide by East Coast Endodontics
We’ve put together everything you need to know about root canals, from understanding what a root canal is and the procedure itself to achieving pain relief with modern techniques and creating a comfortable experience throughout your root canal. We'll explore how a...
Top 7 Root Canal Recovery Tips
Sometimes the scariest part of getting root canal treatment is facing the healing process. You might be picturing being immobile and miserable for a few weeks, but this certainly isn’t the case. In general, the root canal recovery process should only last a few days,...
Root Canals & Crowns
We’ve all heard about the infamous root canal therapy. Whether we like it or not, these procedures can be a game-changer. Your natural teeth could be saved, and pain you might have been in is eliminated, and your dental nightmares would be over. However, just as the...
Endodontics & Endodontists
Endodontics is a specific type of dentistry concerned with the tooth pulp (aka the inside of a tooth), which consists of living blood vessels and connective tissue. The tooth pulp is the most important part of the tooth. What is Endodontics? Endodontics is essentially...
The 10 Most Common Root Canal Symptoms
Root canals are necessary dental procedures for when an infection affects the core of your tooth known as the dental pulp that contains your tooth’s blood vessels and nerve endings. Bacteria can enter this innermost layer of your tooth through a chip, fracture, or...
Top 10 Benefits of Root Canal Treatments
Root canal therapy is a dental treatment option for patients with extensive tooth decay, tooth pain, or restorative needs that require endodontic therapy.. While there are alternatives like tooth extractions, they tend to be less beneficial than a simple root canal...
The 7 Differences Between Endodontists and Dentists
If you need a root canal, are hoping to save a tooth, or have unidentified tooth pain, it is important you understand the differences between endodontists and dentists. Below are the seven differences (and some similarities) between these two dental professions. #1...
How to Feed Your Child After a Root Canal
Root canals are less painful than ever, which is fantastic news for patients of all ages. This includes your little ones. As such, endodontists or dentists may recommend a root canal for your child in order to save an infected tooth. It can surprise some parents to...
What Causes Root Canal Infections?
Root canal infections do not appear suddenly overnight. They develop over time. Sometimes, patients do not exhibit symptoms or experience noticeable discomfort while the infection takes root. In other instances, folks simply ignore or dismiss the signs of infection...
Drinking Water for Dental Health
It is common knowledge that the human body is mostly water. As such, it makes perfect sense that drinking water is great for your health. When you are hydrated, all sorts of bodily processes operate more smoothly. Your skin glows, your muscles move, digestion is...