Dental Health
Getting to the Root of the Problem
Did you know that there is blood inside of your tooth? No, we don’t mean that the enamel of a tooth has blood in it. Please don’t try to pinprick your teeth because we said there’s blood in them because there isn’t. Well, at least not any other part of the tooth apart from the pulp — that’s the deepest area of a tooth that has all of the blood and nerve endings. When you have an untreated dental injury, crack, or deep cavity, the pulp is what can become infected, causing pain and swelling. If left untreated, you risk the loss of an entire tooth.
So, what can be done about it?
Easy, you get a root canal…