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Root Canal Treatment For Children’s Teeth
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Trauma & Nerve Damage to Teeth
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Tooth Pain? Don’t Wait!
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When the decay in your tooth is so deep that it reaches the inner most layer of the tooth where the nerve lies, root canal treatment is needed to save the tooth. Nerve and blood vessels lie in the center of the tooth , when get infected needs to be removed to alleviate the pain and infection. If the carious tooth is left untreated, the infection from the tooth will spread to the bone and surrounding teeth and will cause bone loss and more serious dental problems.