The difference here is that it is a cracked tooth.
My main Dentist wouldn’t attempt either the root canal or the extraction because of the risk of it becoming a more complicated procedure than he is trained to do and it required a specialist. The oral surgeon didn’t remove it because he believed the tooth didn’t require extraction and could be saved by an endontic specialist. Unfortunately after they finished the root canal, they found that the crack ran down below the enamel and then back out through the root below the gum line. This could only be seen after the root canal was done.
The docs aren’t to blame, they all did the right things for the right reasons. I am just a victim of an unfortunate circumstance that is causing me to have to jump through all these hoops.
If my main dentist had tried to extract the tooth, it would have fractured and I would have needed an emergency procedure by the oral surgeon to complete the job. If he had tried to do the root canal, he would have found exactly what they found today and I would still have needed to go to the oral surgeon.