Highly trained endodontists (dental specialists) repair tissues inside your tooth. They diagnose and treat complex causes of tooth pain, such as tooth abscesses (infection). Endodontists perform root canal treatments and other procedures to relieve pain. They work to save your natural tooth.
A Specialist has an additional two years of training. The procedures they perform include Root Canal Therapy, Retreatments, Apexification, Repair of resorptive defects, Apicoectomies and Diagnosis of orofacial pain of pulpal origin
Signs of needing Root Canal Therapy include: