(1) The endodontist removes the inflamed or infected pulp, carefully cleans and shapes the inside of the canal, a channel inside the root, then fills and seals the space.

(2) The endodontist usually used a written consent form which advised patients of the risk of nerve injury but inexplicably never gave that form to the patient.

(3) The endodontist makes an opening in the crown of the tooth.

(4) Ask your dentist or endodontist for more details about the specific restoration planned for your tooth.

(5) Ask your dentist or endodontist for more details about the specific restoration plannedtooth.

(6) After the final visit with your endodontist , you must return to your dentist to have a crown or other restoration placed on the tooth to protect and restore it to full function.

(7) However, if you have severe pain or pressure or pain that lasts more than a few days, call your endodontist .

(8) The ideal referring source will also acknowledge help with the treatment plan from the endodontist even if it simply is the prognostication of the individual procedure.

(9) If the tooth lacks sufficient structure to hold the restoration in place, your dentist or endodontist may place a post inside the tooth.

(10) Plaintiff was a 60ish homemaker who was referred to the defendant endodontist because of continued sensitivity following crown placement on a lower premolar tooth.