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Root Canals vs Implants: Are All Root Canals Created Equal? with Dr. Valerie Kanter

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How Long Does a Root Canal Last?

A root canal can last for your entire lifetime. If you have a crack tooth, I definitely recommend you take it out because bacteria will always be able to find their way in that crack and it will continue to recontaminate the tooth. The materials itself will hold up. They do really well. They don't dissolve in oral tissues. So potentially it could have lasted the rest of your life. A root canal tooth is not like any other tooth in your mouth. It doesn't have all of the natural defense mechanisms anymore. So it's extra vulnerable. Go get a 3D scan, a 3D cone beam CT scan. We can detect four times the amount of infections in the

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