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When we see a patient about a root canal at Cascade Endodontics in Orem, they almost always have questions about the procedure. In this blog post we will select a few of the most frequently asked questions, and provide solid answers. A root canal is a procedure to remove bacteria and infected soft tissue inside…

Once you’ve had root canal therapy at Cascade Endodontics in Orem, and have found out it wasn’t nearly as painful as popular mythology says, you’ll need to take it easy for a few days as you recover. The root canal was necessary to relieve tooth pain. Most often a tooth has become infected due to…

When people say “root canal” they are usually referring to a procedure in which infected tissue inside a tooth is removed. At Cascade Endodontics in Orem, root canal therapy is our specialty. The term “root canal” also reers to the passages between tooth pulp and tooth roots inside the tooth. These passages, or canals, contain…

The term “root canal” refers to the interior of a tooth between the pulp and the tooth root. It’s also used to describe the procedure to remove infected tissue, and is among our specialties at Cascade Endodontics in Orem UT. The tissue inside a tooth that can become infected is the pulp, which consists of…

Root canal therapy is a routine procedure done to save a tooth. It is safe and effective, and we have performed countless root canals at Cascade Endodontics in Orem. They are a non-surgical procedure that are usually done in one or two appointments. A local anesthetic is often enough to numb the patient. In sum,…

In general, people are afraid of getting a root canal. At Cascade Endodontics in Orem UT, we understand that. But we also know that even more than root canals, people fear losing their teeth. We perform root canal therapy in order to save teeth. Root canal therapy is known formally as endodontics. This is a…

Pain is your body’s way of telling you that something is wrong. That’s as true with tooth pain as any other body part. Tooth pain may indicate an abscess requiring a root canal, one of our specialties at Cascade Endodontics in Orem UT. Root canal therapy is a procedure done to remove infected pulp from…

At Cascade Endodontics in Orem, we specialize in root canal therapy and similar procedures. In this post we’re going to describe apicoectomies, and why they’re needed sometimes. A root canal, as you may know, involves removing infected pulp from the inside of a tooth. Root canals have a high success rate, but sometimes the infection…

Endodontic treatment, better known as root canal  therapy, hasa remarkably high success rate: better than ninety-five percent. The teeth we fix at Cascade Endodontics in Orem UT can last a lifetime. But as with any medical or dental procedure, things do not go as expected, and root canals are no exception. Long after the usual…

Root canal therapy at Cascade Endodontics in Orem is done to save a dying tooth. It involves removing the soft tissues inside the tooth, but there is more to it than that. A tooth that has had the inside tissues removed needs protection. On  its own, the tooth will be dry and brittle and can…