If there’s any one dental procedure that is dreaded by most people, it is root canal therapy. Almost every other dental treatment term sounds better: filling, caps, crowns, bridges, implants, but “root canal” sounds downright scary! And we have all heard the expression “I’d rather have a root canal than….”. When you need your "root canal" worked on, it’s called “root canal therapy” or “root canal treatment,” or the dental term, “endodontic therapy.” The root canal is the cent