All general dentists are able to do root canals.Some prefer not to and will refer out. If your denitist does not feel there is anything complicated about it I wouldn't bother going to a endodontist. It does cost alot more. Root canals are pretty straight foreward and you are well frozen. You wouldn't know it to be any different than a filling. It usually takes 1 1/2 hrs or so to complete. He/she will remove the nerve of the tooth so the pain will be gone. Good luck

I totally agree with bt. I just had a root canal started on monday and have to go back to get it finished up on thursday of next week.

I always get the gas and my dentist prescribes valium for me to take before I get in the chair.

I am a nervous wreck at the dentists office and this guy is super gentle unlike the dentists in the navy (explains my total fear of the dentist).

I would not go to an endodontist unless you are going to have a specially made crown like gold or diamond encrusted or something decerative like that.

I would see an endodontist.I have worked as a dental assistant for 17 years and have seen way too many poorly performed root canals by general dentists.Not that some general dentists can't do them well,as some do.But-for the majority of general dentists-root canals are not their thing.It is absolutely more money to have your root canal done by a specialist,but I would rather have it done right the first time and lessen my chances for complication.That's my opinion,but I have seen both types of root canals-and I would want a specialist over a general dentist ant day.
Patty