Picture this: you’re at your dentist’s office for your semi-annual cleaning and exam. You’ve been experiencing a little bit of tooth sensitivity, but otherwise your teeth and gums feel fine. You’re not in any pain, but your dentist suddenly delivers some shocking news: you have an infected tooth, and you’re going to need a root canal.
How could this be? After all, nothing seems out of the ordinary. How could your tooth be in such distress without you even realizing it? The truth is that you don’t need to be in pain to have a tooth infection. Though there may be other warning signs that there’s trouble lurking inside, pain is not always an indicator.
Here are a few red flags that your tooth could be in trouble that may or may not feel problematic.
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