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Originally Posted by Apex Paul
you can find an endodontist by going to the American Association of Endodontists website. Everyone their would be an endodontists (specialist in the field)
your x-ray is interesting. I don't see any bone loss, but it looks like you have a short crown:rot ratio. However, I think that is because the x-ray was taken at an oblique angle, making the roots appear shorter than they really are.
There are definitely some big pieces missing, because the damage on the tooth is always worse than can be seen on the x-ray. None of the teeth look like they have any periapical radiolucencies. It does appear that there may not be enough tooth structure to repair without a crown. I couldn't be certain that it would absolutely have to have endo without some vitality testing of the teeth. But, if you crown a tooth and it needs endo later down the road, you are probably looking at another crown, unless they can access through the crown. Difficult to impossible depending on the materials used in the crown.
Let me come back to this... I want to look at that x-ray again
They don't get any extra degree. They may have an M.S. (masters degree) or they may have initials that let you know they are board certified in endodontics. |
I'm gonna go schedule a whole checkup tomorrow, and part of that I will want to get new x-rays of the whole mouth. After the checkup, I will post a new x-ray.
Now who would I go ask about the need for an endo or crown? I mean should I just go to any dentist and ask if I need a root canal or just a crown. Also, I honestly think that my dentist just cares about the money. I see him pull up in his m6 or sl63 amg all the time with gold jewelry on and when he does any work I always see him wearing his rolexes or omegas. And when I told him that I'd like to get a consensus from him, as well as a few other dentists and then I'd come back, he just says well you need two canals done, and one I can do without, bye. I mean it was 2 seconds and he was gone.
I'd like to go ask somebody who'd rather do their jobs because they want to help people then anything else.
I can let him do the crowns, but besides that I'd rather have someone else do the canals.
All of the endodontists are in the city, which I really don't feel like going. I'm going to call my insurance and explain the situation and see if they will cover a checkup, a visit to a few other dentists/endodontists and see which endodontist covers my insurance.