Thank you for your concern, Cleo. But I had a general dentist, an endodontist and a dentist who does OS look at it. Both dentists recommended waiting on the root canal if I could stand the pain. The endo recommended root canal to end the pain but stated that he saw no pathology that meant root canal needed to be imminent, it was just for pain relief.

For the reasons I mentioned earlier, I am not planning to extract this tooth. My choice is between root canal and living with the tooth.