Are Root Canals Scary? Get the Facts about the Treatment

If you have a severely damaged or decayed tooth, your dentist will likely recommend a root canal to save it from an extraction. While more than 15 million are performed every year, they are only suggested when there are no other viable treatments to rehabilitate a tooth. If your dentist has recommended one, your first thought may be to avoid it at all cost. Let’s face it, root canals have a bad reputation for being painful, but you have nothing to fear. New advancements in dentistry now make them no worse than a traditional filling.
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