Re: Another question - retreatment of root canal

From: Steven Fawks (tuthjockey_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:44:07 GMT

I can't say which is 'best', but two things to consider:

Retreatments are not as effective as initial treatments.

Nothing lasts forever.

Fawks

Discordia wrote:

> One of the things I'm looking at very shortly is getting a tooth that
> I had a root canal done on seven years ago "surgically retreated".
> Now, the cost of doing this, with the crown works out to around
> $2500cdn. The cost of an implant is around $2900cdn. I'm told that
> the retreated tooth should last my lifetime, I suspect the same could
> be said of the fake tooth.Which is the better option?
>