Root canal treatment is designed to save a natural tooth by removing infected pulp, not to cause pain. An infected tooth, often causing severe tooth pain or sensitivity, can lead to bone loss or ...

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 ...

Penn's School of Dental Medicine, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Perelman School of Medicine have worked together to create a new treatment option for apical periodontitis, a ...

Jenny McCarthy has revealed the health issue that stemmed from an infected root canal, which caused her 'six months of living ...

As a public health dentist and researcher, for years I saw the same pattern. Patients with deep root infections often had wider health problems, particularly those with diabetes. I did not yet ...

LAKELAND, Fla., April 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) conducted and just released a comprehensive scientific literature review examining ...

Popular actress Jenny McCarthy has opened up about a health crisis that sounds like it was an incredibly brutal ordeal. According to McCarthy, 53, it all began after she had a root canal that did not ...

Each year, dentists in the United States perform more than 15 million root canals on infected teeth, removing the inflamed pulp and filling the emptied canal with inert materials such as rubber and ...

No one ever wants to get a root canal. But if you do need one, a new study suggests the dental procedures may have an added bonus: They seem to offer both short- and long-term protective benefits ...