The prospect of undergoing a root canal is enough to flood many people with fear. Though we’ve learned to dread the very phrase, root canals are often highly successful dental procedures that ...

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Aug. 24, 2003: I don’t know if you realize it, but rarely when the word “root” is included in a ...

A root canal is a dental procedure to remove dead or inflamed tissue, called pulp, from inside a tooth. You may need a root canal if you have symptoms such as temperature sensitivity, pain, and ...

The length of time your root canal will take will vary according to the severity of the damage to your tooth and the specific tooth that is impacted.

Lastly, it requires minimum treatment time for this procedure. An example of this is a root canal treatment can take 1-2 hours over 1-2 patient treatment visits.