How to Use root canal in a Sentence

root canal

noun
  • I need to have a root canal.
  • How long does a root canal take?
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • These things have made the race as pleasant as a root canal.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • The opening 36 minutes brought as much joy as a root canal.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Most of my teeth have had root canals because bad teeth seem to be a family trait.
    — Bunnie Riedel, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The tooth ends up coming with it, which at least spares her from having to go through the root canal.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
  • Think root canal, head lice, colonoscopies and Brussels sprouts.
    — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Doctors completed the root canal and restored the tooth with a crown.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 30 May 2025
  • Pucklis got the appointment and he was scheduled for the root canal.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • It is intended for fillings and dental crowns, not root canals.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 31 July 2024
  • But as anyone who’s had to get a root canal can tell you, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The last-minute emergency stemmed from a root canal that the outfielder had last year.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • Patients can get an oral exam, X-rays, dentures, root canals, and more.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Fresh fillings can help prevent tooth decay and loss — and, down the road, root canals and implants.
    — Abbie Kozolchyk, Good Housekeeping, 7 Jan. 2011
  • This will need to be fixed, and when she is settled at the sanctuary, our vets will perform a root canal.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The top dental terms searched were root canal, crown, implant, orthodontic, and bridge.
    — Robin Gelburd, STAT, 12 June 2018
  • And watching many of them cut their teeth this season has been comparable to root canal.
    — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • This is the least relaxing thing on the planet, other than getting a root canal.
    — Marie Claire, 7 Mar. 2014
  • The second lioness, however, seems to have an open root canal in one tooth.
    — National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2017
  • That would be worse than watching the Pistons for a year with root canal Reggie.
    — Andrew Sharp and Ben Golliver, SI.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • And having a root canal is more popular than Congress.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Michael Griesmer said the preschooler needed root canals — seven of them.
    — Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Treatment can range from draining the abscess to a root canal to having the affected tooth pulled.
    — Lisa Mulcahy, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Reading the headlines in Washington these days is about as fun as getting a root canal.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 July 2018
  • Lillian Velazquez has now gotten the root canal that was denied for nearly five years.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • This can also escalate into bigger problems, like the need for root canals and crowns, or tooth loss.
    — Advertorial, Orange County Register, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But since the event began, their services have expanded to doing root canals, crowns and dentures.
    — Ethan Schmidt, azcentral, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Crowns provide more coverage and strength to teeth that have undergone root canal treatment.
    — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Many root canals are avoided altogether with proactive care.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In an attempt to distract Stone during the root canal, her dentist talked all about her work in prisons.
    — Vulture, 11 Nov. 2023

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