Unfinished root canal

[Sami J]

Hello

I had terrible toothache about six months ago and saw my dentist to have the tooth root filled. He did the first stage of root filling on that tooth and put a filling in that tooth and told me to come back in 2 weeks for the second part of root canal treatment. Six months on and I still have not been back to see him mainly due to the fact that the tooth has been absolutely fine and I have had no trouble from the tooth at all. Is it possible that the tooth is healed by itself and I don't need to have anymore treatment on that tooth?

[Dr Mohsen J. Esfahani]

An unfinished root canal is a potential source of infection and should under no cirumstances be left unfinished. You need to go back and see your dentist to finish the root canal ASAP as you could develop severe infection from an unfinished root canal.

[SilvieI]

sorry about the comment, just a little nervous. My regular dentist is doing it, and she says its about like a filling, just takes a little longer. They did set up 4 appointments, 1-the root canal, 2-build up the tooth, 3 "prep for the crown", 4-the crown. 991, damn my insurance sucks. But being able to drink coffee again is worth it