Links of Interest

Canadian Academy of Endodontists– Canadian national organization representing the specialty of endodontics or root canal treatment.

Canadian Dental Association – access to Canadian news, publications, and products and services related to dental health.

American Association of Endodontists – national organization representing the specialty of endodontics or root canal treatment.

American Dental Association – ADA Online – access to news, publications, and products and services related to dental health.

American Medical Association – another useful site with links to consumer health information, vast AIDS information center, searchable database of more than 650,000 physicians.

EndoWeb – provides the most up-to-date information of endodontic interest.
MedicineNet – Content-rich commercial site includes interactive groups, ask-the-doctor feature, medical dictionary, comprehensive drug information, medical news, disease-specific information, and links.
Medical Matrix – Physician maintained commercial database of annotated health links. Oriented toward medical professionals, but accessible to an educated lay person. A keyword search gets you to a subject index, from which you navigate to the links you want.

CRACKED TOOTH PAIN

With the increased busyness and stress of modern life, more patients are presenting with pain symptoms of cracked teeth. Cracks are caused by grinding and clenching, habits which are mostly brought on as a response to life’s stressful events.

Proper diagnosis and treatment of cracked teeth can sometimes be difficult. Full crown restoration should always be recommended to your patients for teeth with visible cracks and/or large “fillings”, as a preventive measure to avoid future cracked tooth pain problems.

Click here for the PDF article on “Cracked Teeth”, which will provide you with much helpful information on this subject.

Click here for the PDF article on crown preparation specifically for teeth with cracks.