Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
Some tenderness after root canal treatment is expected, especially when chewing. The important question is whether the pain is improving. Learn what to expect during the first week, which symptoms may indicate a flare-up, when to contact the dentists at Mosdent, and how treatment costs can vary for international patients.
Smoking after a root canal is not governed by the same rules as smoking after a tooth extraction. There is no blood clot in the treated tooth socket to protect, but smoking may affect healing around the root tip over the following months. Learn when smoking is most concerning, what the evidence shows, and how to protect your treatment result.
Root canal treatment and dental implants are not competing treatments. One aims to preserve an existing tooth, while the other replaces a tooth that cannot be saved. This guide explains how dentists assess the options, what the evidence shows, and when an implant becomes appropriate.
A failed root canal does not automatically mean extraction. Learn how endodontic assessment, retreatment, microsurgery and careful restoration can help determine whether the tooth can be saved.
Root decay starts below the gum line, where brushing rarely reaches. A meta-analysis of 91 epidemiological publications put pooled prevalence at 41% in middle-aged and elderly populations, with a mean of 2.87 affected teeth per person. What drives it and how it is treated.
Mistaken for extraction and delayed because it is assumed to hurt. Across ten studies pooled in a meta-analysis, post-operative pain was reported in 39 to 45 percent of cases and fell to a 10 to 25 percent band within 48 hours. When it is needed, and what waiting costs.
A dental cyst grows quietly and is usually found on a routine radiograph. What causes one, how it is told apart from a granuloma, and how it is removed.
Mosdent Oral & Dental Health Center, Istanbul | Reading time: 10 min | Updated: March 2026 Root canal treatment in Turkey has become one of the most searched dental procedures for international patients. And for good reason. Thousands of…
Root cavities form below the enamel line, on a surface that was never built to resist acid. Pooled adult prevalence across 74 surveys is 41.5%. Why they progress faster than crown decay, how they are found, and what the treatment trade-offs are.
