Root Canal Treatment

Root canal treatment saves a tooth whose inner pulp has become infected or inflamed by cleaning out the canals, disinfecting them and sealing them, so the tooth can be kept rather than extracted. Dental ART prices endodontics by tooth type, reflecting the number of canals, and works under a surgical microscope for accuracy. A root-treated tooth is then rebuilt and usually crowned, with German-speaking care for patients travelling for treatment.

Root canal (endodontic) treatment is needed when the soft tissue inside a tooth — the pulp, which contains its nerve and blood supply — becomes infected or irreversibly inflamed, usually through deep decay, a crack or trauma. Left untreated this can cause significant pain and abscess formation. Treatment removes the damaged pulp, cleans and shapes the fine canals inside the roots, disinfects them and seals them with a stable filling material. Saving the natural tooth this way is associated with preserving normal biting function and avoiding the gap and follow-on work that an extraction would create. At Dental ART endodontic treatment is carried out under local anaesthetic — broadly similar to having a filling placed — with a surgical operating microscope available to help locate and clean the canals precisely. The number of canals varies by tooth, which is why front teeth and canines, premolars and molars are priced differently. Treatment may be completed in one or more visits depending on the level of infection. Because a root-treated tooth becomes more brittle, the tooth is then rebuilt — often with a fibreglass or cast post-and-core — and, particularly for back teeth, a crown is usually recommended to protect it from fracture; these restorative steps are quoted separately. Root canal treatment suits patients with a painful, abscessed or deeply damaged tooth that still has enough structure to save; the dentist confirms whether the tooth can be retained at examination, supported where useful by in-house digital and 3D imaging. German-speaking staff help cross-border patients plan any follow-on restorative visits.