Urgent & Oral Surgery
Root Canal Therapy
Saving an infected tooth, comfortably, instead of losing it.
A root canal treats infection inside the tooth. Its reputation is thoroughly out of date: with modern anesthetic and rotary instruments, most patients report it feels much like having a filling — and it relieves the pain that brought them in.
The nerve and blood supply inside a tooth can die from deep decay, a crack or trauma. Once it does, bacteria colonize the space and infection spreads out through the root tip into the bone. Root canal treatment removes that tissue, disinfects and seals the canals.
A treated back tooth usually needs a crown afterwards, because a tooth that has lost its internal structure is prone to splitting. We will plan that as part of the treatment rather than as a surprise afterwards.
Ready to book root canal therapy? Call us and we will find you a time, and tell you what your plan covers before anything starts.
Step by step
What to expect
Numb
Thoroughly anesthetized before anything begins.
Clean
Infected tissue removed from the canals and the space disinfected.
Seal
Canals filled and sealed so bacteria cannot re-enter.
Protect
A crown, usually, to stop the weakened tooth splitting.
Common questions
Root Canal Therapy
Does a root canal hurt?
The procedure itself is done under local anesthetic and is generally comparable to a filling. Some tenderness for a few days afterwards is normal.
Why not just extract the tooth?
Nothing works quite like your own tooth. Extraction means either living with the gap, which lets neighbouring teeth drift, or paying for an implant or bridge to replace it.
How many visits?
One or two, depending on the tooth and whether there is active infection to settle first.
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Ask us about root canal therapy
Call the clinic or send a note and we will talk it through — no obligation, and a written estimate before anything begins.