Root Canals

Don’t Celebrate National Toothache Day! See Your Johns Creek Dentist Instead

National Toothache Day is on February 9, 2020. While toothaches are certainly nothing to celebrate, it is important to be reminded about their existence – and how important it is to try and avoid an aching tooth at all costs. Your Johns Creek dentist sees this day as an opportunity to highlight good oral health …

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Don’t Suffer: Just Get Your Toothache Fixed

A recent news story reported that a 25-year-old woman ended up in the emergency room with fatigue, shortness of breath, and… she was turning blue. The cause? Using large amounts of topical benzocaine – to try to stop the pain of a toothache. While an incredibly rare side effect, the attempt to compensate for tooth …

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Root Canal Therapy Is Painless and Restores the Health of your Teeth

While teeth are made up of the hardest substance in the human body, tooth enamel, they are not invincible. When permanent teeth erupt into the mouth they are intended to last a lifetime. However, 80+ years is a very long time for teeth to remain healthy and they often need dental attention. Dental decay, tooth …

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Root Canal Procedures are not Painful and are Necessary for the Tooth

A root canal is a restorative dental treatment done when decay or infection is present inside a tooth. A dentist with an endodontic specialty can perform the procedure in the dentist’s office as an out patient procedure. For years, if there was infection or decay inside a tooth the only option was extracting the tooth …

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