Root canal or not?

I live in Melbourne, and I've heard so many bad things about root canal. My husband is about to get one (on the way), the doctor's had his previous filling taken off and have one temporary filling to replace, and in between that she's done something to the tooth which my husband doesn't know but he's sure she hasn't perform any root canal yet. He got his appointment rescheduled to the coming Tuesday and it's been 1 1/2 weeks since the last visit. He's experiencing heart pain and he had headache a couple of days ago. I asked him to have the tooth pulled out instead but he didn't want to because it's going to cost so much. And now it's me sitting here wondering what I can do to persuade him and it's hurting me so much to know all the things that will/might happen to him after the root canal. Will the alternative (to pull the tooth out instead) cost so much more? He hasn't got insurance and can't afford to be on the waiting list. Advices please? What's with the pain?

Root canal or not?
Pulling the tooth is much cheaper than a root canal. Root canals suck. I have had two, and both are stuffed. I just had a tooth ripped out two days ago that had a root canal on it. The other root canal i had, the 'shell' (i dont know how else to explain it lol) cracked and it was a mess, so now its just botched up with the filling stuff, and im hoping that i wont need that one taking out too. Seriously, i would never get a root canal done ever again. After going through the pain, and the big pain of paying the bill, then having them only last a few years, its just not worth it. I live in Queensland, so i would assume prices would be similar being that we're in the same country. The in between bit your husband is probably talking about could have been removing the pulp of the tooth? im not sure. If your dentist is good though, you can just ask up front, whats the cost of taking a tooth out, and the cost of the root canal. I know mine cost $100 to take out (plus the $40 consultation fee and i had an xray too, dont think that was for the extraction though, cos i had a filling the same day, but yeah the xray was $30 and the friggen filling was $130). Thats with me with no health insurance. I have a health care card, but yeah, how can you wait for 4 years to see the dentist?


With the pain, im assuming you mean with getting a tooth taken out the pain? Its not that bad, nothing a big boy cant handle lol. You get needles to be numbed up of course, and you just have to take it easy, and take some painkillers. My jaw is a little achy still (i got it taken out on saturday morning) but thats about it.