re: Root canal question

I accept what you say as true.

In my specific case, my dentist did could not confirm the suspected fracture since he didn’t have the high magnification equipment and referee me to an endo. Maybe he would have tried it if it was an obvious fracture.

My take away from this experience is to take your best shot first. The quality and extent of the pain was quite exquisite while waiting for the endo appointment. If there was only a 1% chance of improved outcome with the endo, I’d still go that route.