Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics)

Root-canal (endodontic) treatment addresses the soft tissue inside a tooth — the pulp — when it becomes irreversibly inflamed or infected, which can cause severe toothache, sensitivity or an abscess. Rather than extracting the tooth, the dentist removes the damaged pulp, disinfects and shapes the fine canals inside the roots, and fills them to seal the space and prevent reinfection, allowing a natural tooth to be kept.

At Implantclinic canals are sealed using thermoplastic, warm gutta-percha, a technique that adapts well to the three-dimensional shape of the canal system for a thorough seal. Treatment is carried out under local anaesthetic and priced according to how many canals a tooth has, from a single-canal front tooth to a four-canal molar; re-treatment of a tooth that was root-filled previously but has developed problems is more involved and priced accordingly.…