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

The root canal procedure relieves this pressure by removing the source of the infection inside the tooth, allowing the bone ...

Original Medicare does not cover routine dental treatments such as root canals, but some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans provide this coverage. Roughly 98% of people with Medicare Advantage had ...

When you’re in the dentist’s chair, being told that you need a filling, a crown, a root canal, or some other procedure, should you trust that advice? Or is there another option? Many factors—apart ...

When you get an infection on the inside of your tooth, you may need a root canal to remove bacteria from the pulp inside to save the tooth. This procedure can be extremely pricey, so getting one ...

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 ...

An endodontist, who normally works on people, and her assistant both volunteered their services, Lavin said, to perform a root canal on the fully sedated 450-pound bear. They were part of a larger ...

CLAIM: The No. 1 cause of heart attacks is a tooth treated for a root canal. THE FACTS: There’s no credible scientific evidence that having a root canal can cause a heart attack, according to ...

A young polar bear at the Alaska Zoo is flashing a healthier smile after undergoing an unusual dental procedure.Kova, a female polar bear orphaned near Prudhoe Bay in 2022, broke one of her canine ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden canceled all three of his planned public events Monday to complete a two-day root canal — after a report last month described tension within Biden’s inner circle over the ...

President Joe Biden's root canal surgery on Sunday forced him to reschedule his Monday meeting with a top NATO official. Biden's meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will instead take ...