Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics)

Root canal (endodontic) treatment saves a tooth whose inner pulp has become inflamed or infected, often after deep decay or injury. The dentist removes the damaged pulp, cleans and shapes the canals, then seals them to prevent further infection — relieving pain and keeping your natural tooth. Pricing depends on how many canals the tooth has, and re-treatment of a previously treated tooth is also offered.

Root canal treatment is carried out when the pulp inside a tooth — the soft tissue containing its nerves and blood vessels — becomes irreversibly inflamed or infected, which can cause significant pain or an abscess. At Leśnickie Centrum Stomatologiczne the tooth is anaesthetised and isolated, the diseased pulp removed, and the narrow canals inside the roots carefully cleaned, disinfected and shaped before being sealed with a root filling. The aim is to relieve symptoms and retain the natural tooth rather than extract it. The cost reflects the tooth's anatomy: front teeth typically have a single canal, while molars may have three or four, each of which must be located, cleaned and filled. The clinic treats both first-time (primary) cases and more complex re-treatments where a previously root-filled tooth has developed renewed problems, and offers microscope verification and procedures such as removing a fractured instrument or an old post when needed. After treatment a tooth can become more brittle, so the dentist will often recommend a substantial restoration — frequently a crown — to protect it, particularly for back teeth that take heavy chewing loads. Modern endodontic treatment is associated with high success in keeping a tooth functional for many years when followed by an appropriate final restoration and good oral hygiene.