Van Dyke explains, "Root canal therapy (RCT) is effective, but it does have some problems since you are removing significant portions of dentin, and the tooth dries out leading to a greater risk ...

affects more than half of the population worldwide and is the leading cause of tooth loss. Root canal is the standard treatment, but existing approaches to treat the infection have many ...

Endodontic treatment typically involves eradicating debris and microorganisms within a tooth to clean up infection as much as possible, followed by filling the root canal to prevent reinfection.