When it comes to dental care, preserving your natural teeth is always the best option. Root canal therapy, a cornerstone of endodontics, provides a highly effective solution to save damaged or infected teeth. If you’re in Staten Island—or nearby areas like Brooklyn, Manhattan, or Bayonne—and need expert care, you can turn to Staten Island Dental…
Endodontics
3 Tooth Problems Which May Require A Root Canal

Hello New York, let’s talk about the root canal procedure (“endodontic therapy” in dentist – speak). The root canal may the most cringe-worthy dental treatment commonly done today, but it is important that dental patients in the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Bayonne areas know what is happening during this anxiety – inducing, though routine, procedure. At…
Relieving Your Dental Anxiety At Staten Island Dental Care

Hello Staten Island dental blog visitors, welcome to the Staten Island Dental Care blog. I am Dr. Frederick Hecht and I specialize in cosmetic and sedation dentistry. A close friend of mine recently expressed fears about her upcoming root canal. She was anxious about the pain she might experience and worried about getting work off…
Staten Island 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…