{"id":42,"date":"2013-08-07T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T13:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.framinghampremierdental.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2016-06-23T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T21:11:05","slug":"restoring-infected-teeth-with-root-canal-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/07\/restoring-infected-teeth-with-root-canal-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Infected Teeth with Root Canal Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43 alignright\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" alt=\"root canal therapy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/root_canal2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>If a cavity has gone untreated long enough to penetrate your tooth enamel and enter the inner canal of your tooth, it needs to be treated as soon as possible. If this has happened to you, then you\u2019re suffering from a <b>root canal infection<\/b>. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\">Framingham Premier Dental<\/a>, we can restore the health of your tooth with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/restorative-dentistry.html\">root canal therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since there are a lot of nerves inside the <b>root canal <\/b>of your tooth, an infection here can be quite painful. It is important to address this as soon as possible because you\u2019re at risk for losing your tooth. <b>Dr. Gaitsgory<\/b> will enter your tooth to clear out the infected inner material of your tooth. She will then sterilize your tooth and fill it with a special rubber material that will protect against further infection as well as reinforce the tooth. In many cases, we\u2019ll cap your tooth with a porcelain crown to complete the restoration.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no need to be afraid of <b>root canal therapy<\/b>. While many people feel this is a painful procedure, in most cases the pain that brings you into our office is worse than any discomfort that you\u2019ll experience while undergoing <b>root canal therapy<\/b>. This is a great way for us to help improve the health of your smile by treating teeth that have become infected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Framingham Premier Dental <\/strong>provides quality dental care to help you achieve the beautiful smile that you deserve. Our <strong>Framingham dental office <\/strong>serves patients from <strong>Middlesex County, MA<\/strong> as well as <strong>Natick, Sudbury, Ashland, Southborough, Westborough, Marlborough, Hopkinton, Holliston, and Sherborn<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>To schedule your appointment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/contact-us.html\">call our office<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a cavity has gone untreated long enough to penetrate your tooth enamel and enter the inner canal of your tooth, it needs to be treated as soon as possible. If this has happened to you, then you\u2019re suffering from a root canal infection. At Framingham Premier Dental, we can restore the health of your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9,5,6,4,26,25,13,24,7,15,32,27,22,8,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framinghampremierdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}