Recent questions tagged root canal

Description : Do root canals make your teeth come out ?

Last Answer : Root canals leave the tooth brittle and dead, therefore more prone to fractures, yes.

Description : What did this dentist do to my tooth?

Last Answer : No idea but I'll have a guess. When they did the root canal they kill and remove the nerve form the part of the tooth buried in the jaw bone (the root). They then usually cover what's left of the ... of the tooth will be left in the jaw so I imagine that he cleared out the remains of the tooth root.

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