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What is the relation between root canal treatment and infective endocarditis , cancer and autoimmune diseases ? does having one or more root canal treatment increase the chances of these ?
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Root Canal Therapy: Not sure what you are reading, but do you reasonably think there would be a specialty in the dental profession that deals only with root infection problems, if that therapy caused the issues you listed? Endodontists have gone through ten years of training after high school and do their very best to save teeth that at one time were considered hopeless.
Answered 9/8/2020
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