The Myth of Root Canals
Do you know what’s going on inside your teeth? I had never even contemplated the matter until April, when one of my molars began its revolt and my teeth became the only things I was capable of contemplating. As anyone who’s been in this position knows, the quaint discomfort that the word toothache implies doesn’t capture the incredible misery that a toothache can produce; sometimes, the pain was so bad that I found it difficult to use my laptop.
After a week’s worth of inconclusive X-rays, a futile round of antibiotics, and fistfuls of an ibuprofen-acetaminophen cocktail recommended by the internet, I was finally shuffled to an endodontist—a specialist who treats dental pain—to confront my tormenter. I had cracked a tooth, which the endodontist was
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