If your root canal doesn’t hurt, does that mean it’s safe? A root canal is essentially an acute pain treatment. The nerve, blood supply, lymph, and autonomic system are removed so the tooth can stay in place for biting. And in that sense, it works. But on a microscopic level, things look different. Each tooth contains 30,000–75,000 dentin tubules per square millimeter. Without an immune system inside the tooth, those tubules can become the perfect cave for anaerobic bacteria, viruses, fungi, and
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If your root canal doesn’t hurt, does that mean it’s safe? A root canal is essentially an acute pain treatment. The nerve, blood supply, lymph, and autonomic system are removed so the tooth can stay in place for biting. And in that sense, it works. But on a microscopic level, things look different. Each tooth contains 30,000–75,000 dentin tubules per square millimeter. Without an immune system inside the tooth, those tubules can become the perfect cave for anaerobic bacteria, viruses, fungi, and
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