One of the most common things I see in our Durham Endodontics practice is someone who has had aching or slight tooth pain for months (sometimes years). Then, presto, they are in excruciating pain and in need of emergency root canal treatment (it really can go from a pain level 2 to a 10 in just hours). Fortunately, for our patients, we keep time for emergency appointments every day.

However, sometimes a person is in too much pain for the anesthetic to work. So, first we need to get that tooth pain under control.

Something else we see is someone who had a referral months (or years) ago and are finally coming to our office for treatment. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for these patients to have waited too long and the tooth is now unrestorable. All that’s left to do is extract it.

My advice is…don’t wait. Tooth pain only gets worse. Tooth decay or a nerve that is dying does not spontaneously heal itself. So, go to your dentist at the early stage of a toothache. Maybe you won’t even need a root canal treatment. If you wait, at least we have those emergency appointments.

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