What Actually Happens to a Tooth After Its Nerve Dies?
A tooth doesn't literally "die" in the same way a person or organ does. When people say a tooth nerve has died, they usually mean that the pulp—the living tissue containing nerves and blood vessels inside the tooth—has become irreversibly damaged or has lost its blood supply. A dead or non-vital....
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