Re: What to do? Root canal or not?

"Amatus Cremona" <Nicola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is broken now.

Basically the side of the porcelain crown fractured
off. It was an old crown tho...abt 8 years

My primary dentist just smoothed it off and said it was
still functional. Said it would give me some time to
decide what I want to do

he DID recommend a gold crown this time tho. Said it
is easier to drill thru if I decide to get root canal
later down the road

BUT.....I'm thinking I should just get a rot canal
now.....and then put gold crown on

However....endodontist says root is still alive.... not
dead

what to do? what to do?

One thing.....I'm a DEFINITE believer in NTI device
now!
.

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