Sasha Ross, DMD, MS, is a board-certified periodontist who has been with the Cleveland Clinic since 2013. She earned her dental degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and completed her ...

HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 2 (UPI) --Dental root tip infections -- relatively common and often symptomless -- increase risk for heart disease, researchers found in a new study. More than half the ...

An infection of the root tip of a tooth increases the risk of coronary artery disease, even if the infection is symptomless. Hidden dental root tip infections are very common: as many as one in four ...

Importantly, the IAOMT found limited high-quality evidence supporting claims that RCTT are universally safe from a systemic health perspective. Current definitions of "success" in dentistry often ...

How can patients tell when tooth pain has become serious enough to require a root canal? That question is answered in a HelloNation article featuring Dr. Allen Meier of the Endodontic Center of ...

According to a study carried out at the University of Helsinki, an infection of the root tip of a tooth increases the risk of coronary artery disease, even if the infection is symptomless. Hidden ...

Nanodiamonds may help patients that have had the dreaded root canal. Dental researchers have developed a nanodiamond-reinforced version of gutta percha, the compound that is used to fill void spaces ...

Jenny McCarthy says mycotoxin poisoning caused her jawbone infections, missing teeth and eyelid growths, calling the ordeal a "living hell" on the "Heal Squad" podcast.

ORANGE – Mimi Morales, 7, seemed to recover from a July root canal in only a few days, so her family expected no further treatment when they brought her back to Children’s Dental Group in Anaheim last ...