Despite its reputation, a root canal is often smoother, quicker and less painful than most people expect. Here’s what you can ...

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 ...

When a dentist told Corrine Rivera that her 7-year-old daughter needed a baby root canal at her routine checkup, Rivera didn’t understand that “baby” was describing the tooth, not the size of the ...

Root canals treat infected or damaged pulp tissue to save the tooth. Success relies on patient-specific factors—not just technical skill. Technology like microscopes and 3D imaging improves outcomes.

In the 1920s, Weston Price, a Canadian dentist, theorized that root canals – procedures in which infected or inflamed pulp is removed from the inside of a tooth – allow bacteria to "leak" into the ...

This article was originally published on Undark. When a dentist told Corrine Rivera that her 7-year-old daughter needed a baby root canal at her routine checkup, Rivera didn’t understand that “baby” ...

Dental insurance can be a complex topic. You might be wondering what exactly it covers and whether it’s really worth the cost. But one question that's on a lot of people's minds is, Does dental ...

Original Medicare does not cover root canals or other dental services, except in specific circumstances. Most Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans include dental coverage. Original Medicare (parts A and ...

Imagine you go to the dentist with an achy tooth. They say you need a root canal and a crown, costing around $3,000.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A chimpanzee at the Metro Richmond Zoo needed a root canal, so the zoo called a local dental specialist to conduct the procedure. “Kip” the chimpanzee is a ...