A root canal is a dental procedure that gets rid of damage in your tooth’s roots while preserving your natural tooth. Root canals become necessary when infection or inflammation develops in the soft ...

Root canal, despite being a common treatment, still has many murky misconceptions. Dentist dispels common myths to clear the air. Root canal is a common dental procedure, but it still strikes fear, ...

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HIGH POINT, N.C. — A High Point dentist must pay up after submitting false claims to the state’s Medicaid program and providing unnecessary procedures, according to the North Carolina Attorney General ...

A new documentary questioning the safety of root canals has drawn the ire of dentists and endodontists who say it is based on information long debunked. "Root Cause," released earlier this year, ...

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 ...

A root canal is a dental procedure to remove dead or inflamed tissue, called pulp, from inside a tooth. You may need a root canal if you have symptoms such as temperature sensitivity, pain, and ...

A Kansas City man filed a lawsuit against an Independence dentist’s office after his dentist allegedly dropped a file down his throat during a root canal procedure, according to court documents. A ...

A man has filed a lawsuit against a Red Bank dentist and his practice, alleging that the dentist left a broken file at his tooth's root during a root canal, causing him over two decades of subsequent ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 58-year-old woman alleged to have injured ...