Root canals are an easy, painless, and effective method of dealing with uncomfortable toothaches, though if you have spent any amount of time talking with the average person about them, that probably isn’t what you’ve heard. You may have been tempted to avoid a root canal, and instead decided to live with a toothache.
If you have, it’s possible that you could have found that your toothache has stopped hurting. However, despite what you may imagine, this isn’t necessarily a good thing. Here’s why that could happen, and what you should do about it.
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