There has been a break threw that I just found out about there is state of the art surgical equipment out there that some holistic dentist may be able to afford and have in their offices, My holistica dentist has one it literally take the root canal out with a very little pain and trauma . It supposedly moves the gum away from the filling and simply pulls the filling out !I know someone that had several root canals removed in one day using this method and was perfectly fine the next day.