Are there any treatments for a dental fistula instead of a root canal? answer please!

Possibly: If the problem is due to periodontitis, then no root canal is needed... Periodontal treatment is indicated. If it is due to an infected nerve, you either need root canal therapy or an extraction... There are no other choices.

Yes: Extraction. A fistula is a tunnel fro the infected tooth root through the bone and guns to allow pus to escape. The only treatments involve removing the infected tooth material via extraction or root canal treatment. Follow your Dentist's advice if you want to cure the infection.

Dental fistulas: Dental fistulas occur when disease and infection drain through an abnormal connection to the gum surface. It is diseased and dead tissue and nerve inside the tooth draining to the surface with gum disease a rare cause. The tooth may be "dead" or cracked, and may require root canal therapy but the alternative is extraction with placement of a dental implant, a far more predictable long term option.

Yes, 2 options: 1. A gum fistula is treated by curettage (the abscess is cleaned thoroughly and infection is drained and treated). 2. A tooth fistula will not go away on its own, so it's important not to ignore the fistula. If the tooth can be saved or desired to be saved, you will need a root canal. Another option is to extract the tooth, clear infection and pace a dental implant. A predictable procedure.

Dental Fistula: If your dentist feels that the tooth can be saved and that's what you want to do, it requires Root Canal Therapy (which if it fails would require an Apicoectomy). The other option is to extract the tooth and consider an implant retained crown (or other restorative option). Discuss options and long term prognosis with your own dentist and value his\her judgement when making the decision what 2 do