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When is an Endodontist required

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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. 

Since then he has gone on the internet and read websites that recommend Endodontist and other such things. The 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. 

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. 

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