Is ENDO Dying?

[Kobe08]

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I asked this on the predental forum, but was thinking I might get a great response on this forum as well. I am interested in becoming an endodontist and was wondering if any of you could give me your opinion on the future of the profession. Thanks!

 

[Daurang]

Endo is the easiest most profitable procedure in my general practice and I see no reason for it to go away anytime soon. However, past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

[flapaTron]

short answer: no.

long answer: likely no.

 

[Kobe08]

Endo is the easiest most profitable procedure in my general practice and I see no reason for it to go away anytime soon. However, past performance is no guarantee of future results.

But isn't that part of the problem? Endo's gotten to the point where most GP's dont have to send it off to a specialist. And the cases that they do have to send them off to are complicated enough to warrant an implant...

 

[Noble6]

But isn't that part of the problem? Endo's gotten to the point where most GP's dont have to send it off to a specialist. And the cases that they do have to send them off to are complicated enough to warrant an implant...

Not true. There is a lot of endo that most GPs either don't have the training/experience to handle OR don't want to handle.

An implant is much more expensive than a root canal

Endo's not going anywhere

 

[Fido00]

there are many GP's who do not want to do endo, so I do not think it is going anywhere. While implants are becoming more prevalent, there are still many instances where salvaging a natural tooth is much more advantageous.

Can you name a dental specialty which has disappeared?

wooden tooth denturist? /Washington

 

[mike3kgt]

there are many GP's who do not want to do endo, so I do not think it is going anywhere. While implants are becoming more prevalent, there are still many instances where salvaging a natural tooth is much more advantageous.

Can you name a dental specialty which has disappeared?

wooden tooth denturist? /Washington

Neither endo nor prosthodontics is going away any time soon.

Washington's first and last dentures were made by two dentists (one in NY and one in Philadelphia), not a denturist. And they were a combination of gold,ivory, metal springs, and animal bone... not wood.

http://goodteeth.com/gwteeth.htm
http://www.americanrevolution.org/dental.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6875436.../t/george-washingtons-false-teeth-not-wooden/
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/CareersAndTraining/PhotoGallery/Archive/GWDentures.htm

By this notion, I promise you that if George Washington were around today, he would be seeking the care of a prosthodontist. Grover Cleveland was also famously treated by a prosthodontist (in secret at the time) to fabricate an obturator prosthesis.

http://www.healthmedialab.com/html/president/cleveland.html


People who claim endo is a dying specialty are either 1) unaware of how well endo does or 2) can't believe how well endo does.

If you can do endo all day every day and love doing it, you will be successful. But you don't know you will like it until you actually do endo... so stop speculating as a pre-dent/1st year dental student and wait until you do a few cases.

Good luck!

 

[lemoncurry]

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