Modern medicine has taken the pain out of root canal therapy. Once considered something akin to torture, modern root canals like those performed at Cascade Endodontics in Orem are not much different than getting a cavity filled. And yet, root canals are major procedures. You’ll be comfortable while it’s done, but afterward a certain amount […]
When the soft tissues in the center of a tooth become inflamed or infected, a root canal may be the best way to treat it. Root canals are one of the most common procedures we do at Cascade Endodontics in Provo. That soft tissue is the tooth’s pulp, and it consists of the nerve, blood […]
On the pain scale, toothaches can get pretty high up there – maybe even a ten. In some cases they respond to over-the-counter medications, and that’s a good thing. But severe toothache pain is something to be taken seriously. It can be treated at Cascade Endodontics in Provo. A toothache is most often caused by […]
Root canals are not nearly as fearsome as popular culture has made them out to be. Sometimes people equate them with medieval torture, but the truth, as is often the case, is far removed from that. At Cascade Endodontics in Orem, modern dentistry has made root canal therapy about like having a cavity filled. Root […]
The term “root canal” describes the hollow center part of a tooth, which in a healthy tooth is filled with pulp and the tooth’s nerve. But the term is also used generally to describe the procedure that removes the pulp. It’s formally known as root canal therapy or treatment, and it’s a specialty at Cascade […]
If you find out you need a root canal, your first reaction might be heightened anxiety. But rest assured: at Cascade Endodontics in Orem, root canals are routine and painless, and there is no cause for alarm. There is a lot of misinformation out there, when it comes to root canals. Because of that, root […]
