If you think that you should just remove any teeth that are causing issues, you are not alone. Many of our patients believe the same thing. When it comes down to the actual cost in the long term, however, the fact of the matter is that repairing your tooth via root canal surgery is the better option. Extraction can leave your mouth with even more dental problems than it started with, including things like tissue and bone loss as well as issue with teeth that were adjacent to the now empty socket.