[prosman]

Originally Posted by albion67

Thanks again for your reply, thats what I thought you would say. He has no infection but I will ask the doctor to see him as he may have some pain relief that he can give him. I'm also going to go back to the dentist today to see if they can hurry things along for him. Just wondering after the root canal I have been told that the tooth will go dark, are there treatments that can cure this? Many thanks for your advice.

modern root canal treatment is very good now days and the tooth if not dark already will be unlikely to go black unless certain sealers are used.

not wanting to be too much of a party pooper, but it is unlikely that this tooth will see him through his days and he will need further treatment in the future to replace this tooth when it ultimately fails.