If you have infected tooth pulp or a tooth root, Dr. Stephen T. McInerney may recommend that you receive root canal treatment to prevent the infection from causing the tooth to be removed. While root canal treatment has been given a reputation of being unpleasant and even resulting in sickness that makes tooth replacement preferable, this has been discredited through... read more »

Toothaches can be caused by several different things. They often are the result of an untreated cavity, a dental trauma, or a bad filling that has allowed a new area of tooth decay to develop in the tooth. As this starts to happen, you will likely feel increasing discomfort, sensitivity, or a pain radiating from the underlying gums. If the... read more »

Inconsistencies in your oral hygiene routine can allow a cavity to form on one of your teeth. Should you fail to attend your regular dental checkup and cleaning, the problem could go undetected and untreated. This could potentially allow the tooth decay to spread deep enough into the tooth to infect the root or compromise so much of the existing... read more »