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Dental Emergencies

Post author By Dr. Dwight Rastetter
Post date December 15, 2012
Categories In Des Moines Dentist, Your Health

Most of us have experienced some sort of medical emergency. These often happen at inconvenient times and result in a trip to the ER. Unfortunately, dental emergencies occur as well and can also be at inopportune times. Dental emergencies can include such things as extreme pain of a toothache, dental abcess (infection), or dental trauma […]

Root Canals

Post author By Dr. Dwight Rastetter
Post date August 13, 2012
Categories In Dentistry

Most people have probably heard the expression “I’d rather have a root canal” when describing something they dread doing. There is no doubt that at one time, having a root canal may have been somewhat unpleasant. However, nowadays things have changed considerably. Advances in anesthetics and the instruments used to treat the tooth have made […]