A friend says dentists refer you to a specialist for root canals as a way to scam prices. True or False?

False--you will want an endodontist (root canal specialist) to do a root canal. They go to regular dental school plus a few more years to be a specialist. They are generally faster at doing root canals %26amp; have better equipment for it. The general dentist I work for does SOME root canals, but if it looks difficult, she'll refer them out. I disagree with Dragonfly's answer to root canals are caused by ';sloppy'; dentistry. Most people need root canals because the cavity has gotten so large that it has reached the nerve of the tooth. A few times a week at my office, we will do a filling on a tooth %26amp; let the patient know that the tooth may need a root canal in the future. Every tooth reacts different to a cavity being that close to the nerve. Some people may not need one, others will notice right away that the nerve is dying, while others can go 15 years %26amp; then the tooth starts to die from the large decay that was there. Think about it this way: if you needed some kind of surgery, wouldn't you rather have a specialist do it or just your general doctor?A friend says dentists refer you to a specialist for root canals as a way to scam prices. True or False?
No, you really do need a specialist to do the root canal.





However, the big scam is WHY you need a root canal. It's often due to a faulty filling or a filling put in a cavity that still had enough bacteria in it to rot your tooth under that filling. That is the big scam--root canals are caused by sloppy dentists.A friend says dentists refer you to a specialist for root canals as a way to scam prices. True or False?
I have had 2 root canals and they have both been done by a specialist, painless.
I live in the UK and my dentist does all the root canal


treatment himself.But my dentist is a dental surgeon, and I


have been told that qualifications have to be gained to do


this kind of work.