New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): For the first time, dentists are celebrating October 16 as World Endodontic Day to spread awareness among people about the need to preserve their natural teeth from root canal infection and extractions.

The campaign also aims to draw the attention of government and healthcare planners to make oral health an integral priority of the overall national healthcare mission.

The former president of the Dental Council of India shared details of this campaign.

The public is aware of dental caries or tooth decay as a common disease of the oral cavity. However, few people realize that dental caries in a tooth slowly progresses over a few months to a year's time going deeper into the tooth causing dental nerve pain and bone infection around the roots of

See Full Page