For the past several days, you’ve had an excruciating toothache. Although it flares up when you drink iced tea or a hot cup of coffee, the pain is difficult to ignore, and you resolve to call your dentist for an emergency appointment. But then, it suddenly goes away. At first, you’re thrilled because the pain is gone, and you can carry on with your day without having to get a root canal, right? The truth is that your tooth still likely requires professional treatment. Read on to learn more about why tooth pain subsiding could be a bad sign.

You are sitting in the dental chair thinking all is well with your smile. You take excellent care of your teeth because you want them to last an entire lifetime. Then, suddenly your dentist says your wisdom teeth are growing in and need to come out. To you, extraction seems extreme. Is removing them really necessary? While some patients can get their wisdom teeth without extraction, most people need to have them removed. In this post, you’ll learn about problems that wisdom teeth can cause if they are not extracted as recommended.