Hi. I’m Dr. Frederick Hecht, and today in the Staten Island dentist blog, I want to look at some of the conditions that may result in jaw and tooth pain. Jaw pain may be caused by sinusitis. Sinusitis is the inflammation of the tissues that line your sinuses, and when these tissues are inflamed, the…
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Staten Island Endodontics
Categories: Endodontics

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘I’d rather have a root canal’ to describe something painful or unpleasant? At Staten Island Dental Care, we perform root canal (endodontic) therapy routinely for our Staten Island dentistry patients and many report minimal discomfort. Staten Island root canal procedures have advanced significantly in recent years. For many root…
Tooth Ache Pain The Size of Staten Island
Categories: General Dentistry

Patients often come into our Staten Island New York dental practice and complain about ‘a toothache the size of Staten Island’. I understand this kind of pain, and realize that when you describe it like that, it really hurts. I can help.