Should Dentist Perform a Root Canal? Posted: 03-30-05 12:18pm
Should I let my dentist perform my root
canal? Or should I go to a endodontics?
It will cost a lot more... I'm not in
pain 24-7 but have a lot of sensitivity
when I eat and drink since I got my cavity
filled last month. My dentist says I
need to get a root canal... I don't know
what to do.
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bt
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 21
Root Canal Posted: 04-09-05 10:08am
All general dentists are able to do root
canals.Some prefer not to and will refer
out. If your denitist does not feel there
is anything complicated about it I
wouldn't bother going to a endodontist.
It does cost alot more. Root canals are
pretty straight foreward and you are well
frozen. You wouldn't know it to be any
different than a filling. It usually
takes 1 1/2 hrs or so to complete. He/she
will remove the nerve of the tooth so the
pain will be gone. Good luck
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 04-09-05 10:34am
I totally agree with bt. I just had a
root canal started on monday and have to
go back to get it finished up on thursday
of next week.
I always get the gas and my dentist
prescribes valium for me to take before I
get in the chair.
I am a nervous wreck at the dentists
office and this guy is super gentle unlike
the dentists in the navy (explains my
total fear of the dentist).
I would not go to an endodontist unless
you are going to have a specially made
crown like gold or diamond encrusted or
something decerative like that.
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 04-23-05 12:03pm
I would see an endodontist.I have worked
as a dental assistant for 17 years and
have seen way too many poorly performed
root canals by general dentists.Not that
some general dentists can't do them
well,as some do.But-for the majority of
general dentists-root canals are not their
thing.It is absolutely more money to have
your root canal done by a specialist,but I
would rather have it done right the first
time and lessen my chances for
complication.That's my opinion,but I have
seen both types of root canals-and I would
want a specialist over a general dentist
ant day.
Patty
