http://www.grenndmd.com Information for endodontic patients and general dentists Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://www.grenndmd.com/2009/11/03/cold-sensitivity/ http://www.grenndmd.com/2009/11/03/cold-sensitivity/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:32:26 +0000 admin http://www.grenndmd.com/2009/11/03/cold-sensitivity/ My dentist told me I need a root canal when I went to see him for cold sensitivity on one tooth. Why do I need a root canal?
Intolerable cold sensitivity on an individual tooth means that there is a pulp inside of your tooth that is inflamed and hypersensitive and will most likely decompose and cause infection. So a root canal is advised to alleviate your pain and prevent future infection. Once the pulp is gone the tooth cannot feel cold sensitivity and once the space where the pulp lived is filled in, bacteria cannot survive and the possibility of infection is eliminated.

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