A root canal is when the internal part of the tooth is infected, the nerve has died, or it's painful. We make a small opening on either the chewing surface of a back tooth or the back side of a ...

Early last year, keepers at Chester Zoo first spotted that 25-year-old Rico, a two-toed sloth, had swellings on the side of ...

Endodontic treatment typically involves eradicating debris and microorganisms within a tooth to clean up infection as much as possible, followed by filling the root canal to prevent reinfection.

A rare two-toed sloth is recovering at a UK zoo after undergoing pioneering dental surgery to cure its toothache. The 25-year-old South American mammal named Rico began to concern keepers at Chester ...

A RARE sloth has been given the all-clear at a recent health check following pioneering dental surgery at Chester Zoo.

Everyone dreads hearing from their dentist that they will need a root canal. Thankfully, advancements in the area have made the root canal procedure much less painful and much quicker.

Root canal treatment is offered when the dental pulp is dead but the tooth itself can be saved. It is called root canal treatment because it involves cleaning inside the root canals and placing a ...