# When is an Endodontist required

**URL:** <https://community.patient.info/t/when-is-an-endodontist-required/674235>\
**Category:** Oral and dental care\
**Tags:** Dental abscess\
**Created:** [18 August 2018 14:11 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/when-is-an-endodontist-required/674235 "2018-08-18T14:11:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nh\_user\_967989](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nh\_user\_967989](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_967989)\
**Post date:** [18 August 2018 14:11 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/when-is-an-endodontist-required/674235/1 "2018-08-18T14:11:52Z")

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My father lives in the UK and is almost 70. He has been told that he has a dead nerve under one tooth and a dying nerve under another. His dentist recommend a root canal. Apparently one of the teeth is bad and there is no canal, so I am not sure how the dentist would be able to do a root canal in that situation.&nbsp;

Since then he has gone on the internet and read websites that recommend&nbsp;Endodontist and other such things. The&nbsp;Endodontist he has seen have quoted him prices of thousands of pounds and I am worried that they are taking advantage of him because of his age.&nbsp;

I know of people in their forties who had dead nerves and were able to rectify it by having a root canal with a regular dentist.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![nh\_user\_1348499](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@nh\_user\_1348499](https://community.patient.info/u/nh_user_1348499)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2021 19:01 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/when-is-an-endodontist-required/674235/2 "2021-01-07T19:01:31Z")

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Speak to your doctor, i suppose the answer is it depends how bad things are.