Dr. Mark Burhenne

It will require that you take a series of very strong antibiotics that could lead to ulcerative colitis or gut issues. And so root canals do have a bad reputation. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that a root canal cannot work. There's actually a dentist here in La that she's a specialist. She's an endodontist. That's a dentist that does just root canals.

And that would be my recommendation is that if you're looking at a root canal, get a second opinion, first of all. Because sometimes, you know, people jump to the gun. Obviously, a dentist wants to get you out of pain. Sometimes they do the wrong tooth. It's hard to know which tooth is causing the pain. The need for root canal is based on pulpitis.

And that would be my recommendation is that if you're looking at a root canal, get a second opinion, first of all. Because sometimes, you know, people jump to the gun. Obviously, a dentist wants to get you out of pain. Sometimes they do the wrong tooth. It's hard to know which tooth is causing the pain. The need for root canal is based on pulpitis.

And that would be my recommendation is that if you're looking at a root canal, get a second opinion, first of all. Because sometimes, you know, people jump to the gun. Obviously, a dentist wants to get you out of pain. Sometimes they do the wrong tooth. It's hard to know which tooth is causing the pain. The need for root canal is based on pulpitis.

We talked about it earlier, where the pulp inside the tooth is dying. It's inflamed. It goes through a phase of a lot of pain. Sometimes the pain will go away. Often it does because the tooth is dead, but the infection is still there. And a lot of patients and a lot of dentists will say, oh, everything's fine. You survive that infection. incident of pulpitis and the swelling went away.

We talked about it earlier, where the pulp inside the tooth is dying. It's inflamed. It goes through a phase of a lot of pain. Sometimes the pain will go away. Often it does because the tooth is dead, but the infection is still there. And a lot of patients and a lot of dentists will say, oh, everything's fine. You survive that infection. incident of pulpitis and the swelling went away.

We talked about it earlier, where the pulp inside the tooth is dying. It's inflamed. It goes through a phase of a lot of pain. Sometimes the pain will go away. Often it does because the tooth is dead, but the infection is still there. And a lot of patients and a lot of dentists will say, oh, everything's fine. You survive that infection. incident of pulpitis and the swelling went away.

Well, then it gets you a year later and all of a sudden you're traveling, you're in a foreign country and you've got a fever and you've got a severe infection in other parts of your body from that one tooth. So it's important to get, I would say, see an endodontist, get pulp tested, get the tooth pulp tested, get a 3D image of it with an x-ray. Don't rely on regular conventional dental x-rays.

Well, then it gets you a year later and all of a sudden you're traveling, you're in a foreign country and you've got a fever and you've got a severe infection in other parts of your body from that one tooth. So it's important to get, I would say, see an endodontist, get pulp tested, get the tooth pulp tested, get a 3D image of it with an x-ray. Don't rely on regular conventional dental x-rays.

Well, then it gets you a year later and all of a sudden you're traveling, you're in a foreign country and you've got a fever and you've got a severe infection in other parts of your body from that one tooth. So it's important to get, I would say, see an endodontist, get pulp tested, get the tooth pulp tested, get a 3D image of it with an x-ray. Don't rely on regular conventional dental x-rays.

Find out what the problem is. Make sure that you have the tooth checked for fracturing. A lot of people will fall off. uh you know the sidewalk or a horse or a trampoline and when they fall they may not the blow is not to the face but as they fall their teeth are clenched and then the the jarring motion is transmitted to the teeth one tooth will kind of spider fracture

Find out what the problem is. Make sure that you have the tooth checked for fracturing. A lot of people will fall off. uh you know the sidewalk or a horse or a trampoline and when they fall they may not the blow is not to the face but as they fall their teeth are clenched and then the the jarring motion is transmitted to the teeth one tooth will kind of spider fracture

Find out what the problem is. Make sure that you have the tooth checked for fracturing. A lot of people will fall off. uh you know the sidewalk or a horse or a trampoline and when they fall they may not the blow is not to the face but as they fall their teeth are clenched and then the the jarring motion is transmitted to the teeth one tooth will kind of spider fracture

The way to see that is to shine a very bright light through the tooth. It's a transillumination device, very easy, inexpensive. Every dentist should have one. If there are fractures, no root canal will save that tooth. You'll have to extract it. But if the hard structure of the tooth is sound, there's infected tissue in there.

The way to see that is to shine a very bright light through the tooth. It's a transillumination device, very easy, inexpensive. Every dentist should have one. If there are fractures, no root canal will save that tooth. You'll have to extract it. But if the hard structure of the tooth is sound, there's infected tissue in there.

The way to see that is to shine a very bright light through the tooth. It's a transillumination device, very easy, inexpensive. Every dentist should have one. If there are fractures, no root canal will save that tooth. You'll have to extract it. But if the hard structure of the tooth is sound, there's infected tissue in there.

If it's removed properly, if you use lasers, ozone, these are all the newer techniques that this dentist here in LA is using. but not all dentists are using. We use chemicals, we use just little files that have serrations in them. We're pulling out that dead tissue. That's not enough.

If it's removed properly, if you use lasers, ozone, these are all the newer techniques that this dentist here in LA is using. but not all dentists are using. We use chemicals, we use just little files that have serrations in them. We're pulling out that dead tissue. That's not enough.

If it's removed properly, if you use lasers, ozone, these are all the newer techniques that this dentist here in LA is using. but not all dentists are using. We use chemicals, we use just little files that have serrations in them. We're pulling out that dead tissue. That's not enough.

I mean, you can over-prescribe many ways. You can be greedy and do root canals because insurance covers 80% of it, and then you have to crown the tooth.