Root Canal - Your Dentist or an Endodontist?

Therefore, your dentist says you need a root canal. Do you let him
procedure, or do you need an Endodontist specialist channel?
Before I continue, I must say that I worked for an endodontist
more than eight years, so my advice is biased towards endodontists. But I have my
reasons, as I will explain.
This creates the need for endodontists in the first place?
1. A toothache is an emergency situation that may be caused by a broken tooth or an abscess.
This patient needs immediate treatment to control pain, but the dentist is
many patients and records of an entire day. It can refer the patient to a
Endodontist whose schedule is usually more accommodating and know that the patient
treated properly.
Dental care knows that he / she can not accommodate all emergencies.
They develop a working relationship with local endodontist as a means of providing
their patients with immediate attention. An endodontist may also be a source of support for
dentist for a vacation, etc.
2. root canals may be time for a dentist. This is important to listen
carefully. An endodontist is a lot of root canals and fingertips procedure.
For most patients spent less time in the dental chair, the better. My Endodontist
can do a molar root canal from end to end in less than an hour for a normal tooth.
3. Notice I said "normal"? Teeth can have funky patterns. The roots can curl
around each other, the channels can be calcified, or a tooth may have more channels
normal. Endodontist has seen enough to know what to look for the teeth and face
any deviation can be tooth and within a reasonable time.
For example:
a. I have known patients who were in their dentist's chair for hours for a flat
channel. I remember a patient who claimed to be his dentist's chair for 8 hours, and
however, ended with the endodontist to complete the root canal.
b. I met many patients who were referred endodontist
accidentally punctured the dentist trying to do a root canal. Drilling is when
blow dental records a hole through the outside of the root. This does not mean that
Endodontist ever make this mistake, but is much less likely, because
manage these files every day. They also have the expertise and special materials
for repairing punctures.
c. I know many have many patients who had additional channels that the general dentist
not see or handle the tooth causing an abscess after creating the need
reprocessing.
d. I have known patients who had two channels to take care of their dentist only
For the third channel calcified, and may be subject to an endodontist to finish
root canal. This is frustrating for the patient, to say the least.
When a doctor starts a root canal and can not finish, this tooth is considered legally
review. Restatements is more expensive than standard endodontic treatment because of specialized equipment, time and expertise. Also, because Endodontist
treat the tooth, that someone else has done, he is basically accepted the legal
responsibility for the work of another person.
Sometimes, the work must be corrected and it will take more time to repeat the '
the first root canal. Patients do not understand this and get angry
they must pay not only twice, but more for the second procedure.
And some just will not pay for dental re-reading the original root canal.
These examples are not the norm, but have seen almost every day Endodontist office. Among the millions of root canals done every day, most dentists do quite well. But if you see your dentist seems doubtful, as he sees fit x-tooth problem, and recommends an endodontist for treatment, follow his advice.