Peter-I'm actually only 38. My parents neglected my teeth when I was a child, so by the time I could afford to pay for dental work myself, I was in my early 20's and needed to get tons of root canals. I have needed very little work since then-until there was an accident when I was having surgery, and they broke my root canal teeth. If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have gotten the root canals-but most dentists won't even admit they aren't permanent solutions, let alone that they'll never get rid of the infection.

I haven't figured out what I am going to do long term to get rid of the root canals.