A root canal's goal is simple: eliminate infection and save a tooth. It's not the nightmare it's made out to be.

Poppy is a 3-year-old golden retriever living a happy and carefree life according to caretakers Rod and Carla. She spends her days in a large back yard and especially enjoys her swimming pool. Another ...

Sometimes, a tooth can become so severely damaged or infected that your dentist might discuss a couple of different kinds of treatment plans with you. The first is a root canal, and the other is a ...

Our nine-year-old Retriever went in for his annual checkup and the vet found a badly cracked tooth. I was told it was likely due to his chewing on something very hard. He does love to chew on large ...

Mitchell Josephs, D.D.S. Question: I had sharp pain on one back tooth that just would not go away. My doctor sees nothing on the X-ray. Any thoughts? Answer: Yes, many thoughts. Frankenstein never ...

You're crunching ice or a piece of hard candy when you notice something hard in your mouth that doesn't melt or dissolve. You get a sick feeling as you realize what it is -- a piece of broken tooth.

Gum disease — medically known as periodontitis — affects 47.2% of adults over age 30 in the U.S. About 8.5% of them may have severe periodontitis. Gum disease is a severe infection or inflammation of ...

A broken tooth can make life miserable — even for a 400-pound bear. Dr. Bruce Overton brought relief Friday by performing a root canal on Omai, an Asiatic black bear at the Metro Richmond Zoo in ...