After a week filled with discomfort and contemplation, you finally find yourself at the dentist’s office; one of your molars has been hurting like crazy, and you are ready for some relief. However, as soon as your dentist mentions root canal therapy, a wave of anxiety washes over you and every single thing that you’ve ever heard about root canals suddenly floods your brain. Despite what you’ve maybe heard, root canal therapy is actually good news; not the frightening bout of torture that it’s sometimes portrayed as.
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