Your dentist<\/a> will want to do everything they can to save your natural tooth or teeth. But sometimes, this can be challenging due to the progression of infection. An infection that begins in the tooth root has a better chance to be treated than an infection that began in the gums. If the gums are infected severely enough with periodontal disease, it is likely that most of the bone has been eroded away. In this case, saving the tooth may not be possible.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s important to note that root canal and gum problems do not get better as time passes. Immediate care is essential for stopping the infection in its early stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sometimes it can be difficult to detect exactly where pain in your mouth is coming from. And with the combination of symptoms you\u2019re experiencing, it may be even harder to decipher which oral complication could be happening. Typically, when an infection is taking place, it has either started in the pulp of the tooth or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgaryb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}