Calling all Dentists - I have a question for you

[pomelo]

Can you ahve a crown fitted without root canal treatment or do the two go hand in hand? I seem to have little recall about what my Dentist told me as I went into a stupid panic - any advice gratefully received

You certainly can have a crown without a root filling.

However often a root filled tooth would then have a crown put on it.

Also crowning a non root filled tooth increases the likelihood of that tooth needing a root filling in the future - god that sounds very confusing!

Just to complicate things even more - if its a post crown not a normal crown then it HAS to have a root filling first :)

If any of this makes sense and you have any more questions I'm here to help!

Many thanks eenymeeny, your reply has clarified things for me
Just need to get over my fears and get it done!