Less than half of general dentists always use rubber dental dams during root canal therapy, according to a new study. The finding is concerning because dental dam use increases patient safety and ...

Molar Root Canal: Start to Finish Play Next, a local anesthetic is administered to numb the tooth and increase the comfort of the patient during the procedure. A “dental dam” – a small ...

A root canal is usually performed by an endodontist ... to numb the tooth and places a protective covering (rubber dam) in the person’s mouth to isolate the damaged tooth and protect the ...

Before the root canal begins, you will be given a local anesthetic — medicine to numb that part of your mouth so that you won’t feel any pain during the procedure. A dental dam will be placed ...

whose lawyers claimed the defendant's failure to use a site isolation instrument called a rubber dam as evidence Livingston negligently conducted the root canal himself rather than referring the ...

What Is a Root Canal? A root canal is a treatment used to repair and save a tooth that is badly decayed or infected. A tooth's nerve and pulp can become irritated, inflamed, and infected due to ...