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Maintaining Your Natural Teeth for Life
When you’re faced with a painful or damaged tooth, extraction may seem like the fastest fix. But whenever possible, saving your natural tooth offers far greater benefits for your long-term oral health, comfort, and confidence. At Phoenix Endodontic Group, our mission...
Dental Injuries: How an Endodontist Can Save Your Tooth After Trauma
Dental injuries can happen in an instant—a fall, a sports accident, or even biting into something hard can leave you with a cracked, dislodged, or knocked-out tooth. When dental trauma strikes, acting quickly is the key to saving your natural tooth. While a general...
Top 5 Signs You May Need a Root Canal
When tooth pain strikes, it can be difficult to know if you simply need a filling or if something more serious is going on. One of the most effective treatments for saving a tooth with deep decay or infection is a root canal. This procedure removes infected tissue...
Does a Cracked Tooth Need a Root Canal Before a Crown?
When Is a Cracked Tooth More Than Just Cosmetic? Fixing a cracked tooth is similar to inspecting a car after a fender bender—what looks like a minor issue can hide deeper structural damage. Without a professional evaluation, a surface-level chip or crack may go...
What Exactly Does an Endodontist Do?
Most people are familiar with general dentists, but when a dental issue goes deeper—literally—your dentist might refer you to a specialist called an endodontist. But what exactly does an endodontist do? If you're experiencing tooth pain, sensitivity, or have been told...
5 Things to Know About Dental Implants
In today’s era of information overload, there’s nothing wrong with focusing on the basics. Trustworthy medical and dental websites often publish pages or posts addressing frequently asked questions or offering a “101” level review of an important topic. Likewise, here...
What to Expect After a Root Canal: Recovery and Aftercare Tips
Following a root canal, success depends on more than what your doctor, dentist, or endodontist does – you play a critical role in recovery by paying close attention to your aftercare instructions. In this post, we’ll look at three important areas of root canal...
Saving Your Natural Tooth: Why Root Canals Are Better Than Extractions
When a tooth gets injured or infected, you just want the pain to stop. Tooth extraction can sound like an alternative to a root canal, especially when only one tooth is involved. However, it’s important to look beyond the moment when a natural tooth is at risk....
How An Endodontist Can Save Your Injured Tooth
Like any medical emergency, dental emergencies require your quick response. If you have an injured tooth, it’s important that you see an endodontist immediately. You should call 911 and head to an emergency room if an injured tooth has caused an abscess and you are...
How An Endodontist Treats Pulp Concerns
Our natural teeth have a tough outer layer of enamel, but it’s not impenetrable. Underneath the enamel and dentin lies dental pulp (soft tissue, nerves and blood vessels). Pulp carries nutrients and blood to enamel and underlying dentin to keep teeth alive and...
5 Tips to Overcome Root Canal Anxiety
Anxious about facing a root canal? A 2019 survey by the American Association of Endodontists reported that more Americans surveyed feared having a root canal (59 percent) than feared holding a live snake in their lap (53 percent) or swimming with sharks (41 percent)....
What is a Tooth Abscess and How is it Treated?
When you have a toothache, you don’t care why it hurts - you just want it to STOP. Many toothaches are caused by an abscessed tooth, which is a pocket of pus (infection) located near your tooth. Visiting an endodontist can not only help end the pain, it can also help...
Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments for Cracked Teeth
Perhaps if we were able to treat cracked or broken teeth with the ease of treating broken bones, more people would seek treatment promptly. Unfortunately, cracked teeth are often invisible to the outside world, and small enough that, even though they can cause a great...
It’s National Dental Hygiene Month: Find Out How to Keep Your Teeth Healthy
Whether you believe “Well begun is half done” was said by film character Mary Poppins or by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, it’s a useful adage. Even if you didn’t get a great start with dental hygiene as a child, it’s not too late to improve your oral...
6 Tips For Dental Implant Recovery
If you have failing or missing teeth, you may be investigating dental implants as a possible solution. While root canals can often save natural teeth, sometimes teeth are beyond saving, and retaining a full mouth of teeth is essential for maintaining your natural...
5 Myths About Root Canal Treatments
More than 25 million root canal treatments are performed each year in the United States - that’s an average of more than 68,000 every day. Yet myths persist about root canal treatments, decades after they have become a common dental treatment. Nearly 15 percent of...
What Is Endodontic Retreatment?
Diamonds last forever. Dental treatments may not. That does not mean the treatments are not valuable. Potentially complex treatments, such as root canals, can be effective even if they need to be done a second time. Endodontic retreatment offers another chance to...
3 Things That Can Lead to a Root Canal
Everyone’s teeth are unique, as is the story of what brings each patient into the endodontist’s office. Some patients have struggled with dental health their entire lives; others show up needing help to save a tooth when they never had a cavity. While the story of...
How A Cavity Can Turn Into A Root Canal
Having a cavity may sound like no big deal; after all, 90 percent of American adults over the age of 20 have had at least one. An untreated cavity, though, invites serious tooth damage. If a cavity is allowed to spread unchecked, your tooth may require a root canal...
A Day at the Track
Ever since May of 2023 when Dr. James Wolcott started working at Phoenix Endodontic Group, he is always towing his “toy hauler” and leaves it in the parking lot while he is treating patients during work hours. After work, he would always say “Oliver and I are going...
What Is An IV Sedation Root Canal?
Are you one of those people who feels a little anxious about having to undergo a root canal procedure? We can help. Our practice offers IV sedation as a way to manage the anxiety that comes with having to have a root canal. IV Sedation helps issues with discomfort,...
Team Spotlight: Dr. Jacqueline Allen
At Phoenix Endodontic Group, excellence in patient care is not just a commitment but a way of life. Dr. Jacqueline "Jacque" Allen embodies this spirit with her exceptional skills and compassionate approach. As the founding endodontist of Phoenix Endodontic Group, Dr....
Are Dental Implants Worth The Investment?
When making a major investment, it’s always wise to do some research. No one wants to commit funds to something not a trusted, proven solution - especially when facing a painful dental condition demanding attention. Dental implants financially benefit recipients in...
Why the GentleWave Procedure Is The Best Option for Root Canal Therapy
Like carpenters (or stock brokers), endodontists rely on tools of the trade to do their work. Members of both professions have plenty of tools to help them get the job done. Not all tools are created equal for specific tasks, however. Both a screwdriver and a hammer...
Team Spotlight: Vivian Dionicio
In the bustling world of endodontics, where precision and care are paramount, one individual stands out as part of the heartbeat of Phoenix Endodontic Group. Meet Vivian Dionicio, one of our practice dental Assistants, whose dedication and infectious enthusiasm make...
5 Things To Be Aware Of Before Your Root Canal Treatment
Preparation is like power tools – you can get things done without it, but why would you want to? Understanding what may happen when referred to an endodontist for root canal therapy can make the difference between approaching the experience with anxiety or with...
Team Spotlight: Dr. James Wolcott
Learn more about our endodontic care team at Phoenix Endodontic Group in our Team Spotlight As we embrace the festive spirit of December, we're thrilled to shine the light on one of our exceptional endodontists at Phoenix Endodontic Group. This month, let's get...
Root Canal Aftercare Tips
Root canal treatment of a damaged or infected natural tooth can enable it to last a lifetime. However, like most treatments, you as the patient must do your part to ensure your procedure is successful. Proper root canal treatment aftercare can be divided into things...
Team Spotlight: Ana-Alicia Salas
Learn more about our endodontic care team at Phoenix Endodontic Group in our Team Spotlight. Our November Team Spotlight features office administrator and dental assistant, Ana-Alicia Salas. Ani manages both administrative tasks in our endodontic practice and assists...
Find Out How Root Canal Therapy Has Advanced Over the Years
When times are tough, folks yearn for the “good old days.” However, most of us wouldn’t really want to travel back in time for complex dental work. For endodontic procedures such as root canal therapy, patient outcomes and happiness have improved immensely, on the...
Team Spotlight: Kevin Conroy
Learn more about our endodontic care team at Phoenix Endodontic Group in our Team Spotlight. Our October Team Spotlight features Operations Director, Kevin Conroy. Kevin is our go to for all administrative areas of the practice: bookkeeping. AP/AR, HR, scheduling,...
October is Dental Hygiene Month. Follow These Tips to Save Your Teeth
Preventing bad health outcomes is almost always cheaper - and less painful - than trying to repair damage. Nowhere is this more true than oral health. October is when dental professionals observe Dental Hygiene Month. Dental hygienists specialize in providing...
Team Spotlight: Janeth Zazuta
Learn more about our endodontic care team at Phoenix Endodontic Group in our Team Spotlight. Our September Team Spotlight features office administrator, Janeth Zazuta. Janeth manages the administrative tasks in our endodontic practice and helps create a warm and...
What is the Process For Getting a Dental Implant?
Placing something artificial in your jaw can be intimidating. However, modern dental implant practice has been around for more than 50 years and is safe, health-enhancing, and life-changing. If your endodontist recommends a dental implant to replace one or more...
Team Spotlight: Suzanna Salas
Learn more about our endodontic care team at Phoenix Endodontic Group in our Team Spotlight. Our August Team Spotlight features Suzie Salas. With a passion for precision and patient care, Suzie serves as a skilled Dental Assistant, bringing her expertise and...
Why The GentleWave Procedure Is Our Preferred Treatment for Root Canal Therapy
Phoenix Endodontics Group treats patients using the most up-to-date technology. We do this because advances inevitably bring a better experience and better post-treatment outcomes for patients. If you come to us for a root canal, we are likely to suggest the...
Why You Should See an Endodontist If You Need a Root Canal
When you have an infected or injured tooth, your first priority is to stop the pain right-now-immediately-this-instant. Or possibly yesterday. If your dentist has recommended that you see an endodontist to have a root canal to repair your tooth, you may wonder why. If...
How Long Does A Root Canal Procedure Take?
Time is precious. That’s why, even when a natural tooth needs saving through a root canal procedure, we typically want to know how much time we’ll need to commit to the endodontist. Depending on the condition of your tooth, which tooth is getting the root canal, and a...
May Is Save Your Natural Teeth Month
Recent years have brought amazing advances in dental care. Veneers, crowns, and even dental implants are available to restore or replace many functions of natural teeth. Perhaps the most important advances of all relate to saving natural teeth, allowing you to use...
5 Things You Should Know About Root Canals
Few dental procedures are the subject of as much misinformation as root canals. The procedure has existed for hundreds of years. However, advances in medical knowledge and endodontic technology have continually refined how root canals are performed, as well as how...
Do You Need a Root Canal if There’s No Pain?
Pain sends many patients to the dentist. This is certainly the case when it comes to patients who need root canals. However, not feeling pain does not mean you don’t need a root canal. Root canals are an endodontic technique to preserve natural teeth that...
How Do You Know If a Dental Implant Is Successful?
Dental implants have provided many of us with reliable, attractive, and functional teeth in recent decades. Smiles impacted by total or partial natural tooth loss have been restored to their previous luster – or better! However, while dental implants have a success...
Is GentleWave Better Than A Traditional Root Canal?
When it comes to saving natural teeth, endodontists are always on the lookout for new technology and techniques to make procedures less painful, more efficient, and more likely to provide long-term successful treatment. The Phoenix Endodontic Group has recently added...
What Are the Signs a Root Canal is Needed?
More than 41,000 root canal treatments are performed each day in the United States - more than 15 million each year. Threats to your natural teeth leading to a root canal are not complicated, but each person’s experience of their symptoms can be unique. Let’s look at...
What Are The Stages Of Root Canal Therapy?
It can be a shock to learn you require root canal therapy to address an injured or infected tooth. If you’ve never been to an endodontist, or don’t have any friends or family who’ve had a root canal, you may naturally have a lot of questions about what to expect....
Saving Teeth With Vital Pulp Therapy (VPT)
While endodontists excel at performing root canal therapy on teeth compromised by injury or infection, they also have other effective techniques for saving natural teeth. One procedure that can provide excellent results is vital pulp therapy, or VPT. Once considered...
Introducing the GentleWave® System Root Canal Treatment Now Available in Phoenix Office
Through Innovative Technology, Phoenix Endodontic Group to Provide Patients with a Simpler and Less Invasive Option for Root Canal Therapy Phoenix Endodontic Group, a leading endodontic practice in Phoenix, AZ., announced today its partnership with Sonendo, Inc., a...
Factors to Consider Before Getting Dental Implants
If you have a failing tooth (or teeth), you may be wondering if a dental implant might be a workable solution for you. Implants take the place of your natural teeth. They are anchored to your jawbone, and topped with an artificial tooth. Dental implants have a similar...
Is A Root Canal a Serious Procedure?
Patients often ask our staff at Phoenix Endodontic Group questions about their root canals looking to better understand what they will experience. Many people are concerned about the severity of the procedure or how much recovery time to plan for. The good news is...
How is Laser Used in Root Canal Treatment?
Popular culture often associates lasers with science-fiction weapons or real-life space exploration, but the technology can also be used inside the human body. At the Phoenix Endodontic Group, our endodontists frequently use laser-based tools to assist in root...