The root canals may be reshaped and made larger so it's easier to get into them for filling. The root canals are cleaned of all infection and dried before they are permanently filled.

Jan 9, 2025 · The Gentle Wave technique doesn’t use reamers. The root’s canals are cleaned with ultrasonic sound waves and a solution that flushes the material out instead of ‘drilling’…thereby …

Dec 3, 2024 · The fact that you’re asking seems like you’re not totally comfortable about the timing of the extraction and starting Evenity treatments which is understandable.

Mar 24, 2025 · I went to an oral surgeon who suspected my root canals had failed, and I got that opinion backed up by a second oral surgeon. Turns out there's a constant leak of bacteria from my root …

Jul 31, 2025 · The endodontist prescribed amoxicillin for ten days as a preventative measure. I started it two days before the root canal. He filled the interior of the tooth with calcium and added a temporary …

May 18, 2024 · There shouldn’t be any reason to delay your root canal treatment with having just one shot of Prolia. RCT is limited to the nerve canals of your tooth and doesn’t require any direct oral …

Sep 7, 2023 · I am halfway through (6 treatments) and have been diagnosed with an infected wisdom tooth. My dentist has referred me to an oral surgeon to either have an extraction or a root canal. I …

Oct 4, 2022 · The nerve chamber inside the root looks like a tiny hollow straw, inside of that tube is the nerve. The tube is essentially cleaned out and the old nerve tissue is removed, replaced with a sterile …

Apr 12, 2023 · Usually if it’s an abscess at the root of the tooth, which would be what you had before in that tooth to warrant a root canal, it wouldn’t show up as a painful swelling around the gum line of the …

Jun 29, 2022 · Bacteria enter through either a dental cavity or a chip or crack in the tooth and spread all the way down to the root. The bacterial infection can cause swelling and inflammation at the tip of the …