Root Canal Treatment (Endodontics)

Root canal treatment saves a tooth whose inner pulp has become inflamed or infected, usually from deep decay, a crack or trauma. The dentist removes the diseased tissue, cleans and shapes the canals, then seals them to prevent reinfection — relieving pain and keeping your natural tooth. At Lotus Clinic pricing scales with the number of canals, and a rebuild filling is added afterwards. A crown is often recommended to protect a root-treated back tooth.

Inside every tooth is a soft core of nerve and blood vessels called the pulp. When it becomes inflamed or infected — most often through deep decay, a leaking filling, a crack or an injury — it can cause severe toothache, sensitivity to heat, or an abscess. Root canal treatment, or endodontics, removes this damaged pulp, disinfects and shapes the narrow canals inside the roots, and fills them with a sealing material so bacteria cannot recolonise, allowing the tooth itself to be kept rather than extracted. At Lotus Clinic in Gorzów Wielkopolski the treatment is carried out under local anaesthetic so it is comfortable. The number of canals depends on the tooth — front teeth typically have one, while molars have three or more — which is why pricing scales from 800 zł for a single canal up to 1,300 zł for three or more; particularly complex cases can be treated under magnification and quoted individually. Once the canals are sealed, the access cavity is rebuilt with a post-endodontic filling (300 zł), and because a root-treated tooth, especially a molar, becomes more brittle, the dentist often recommends a crown afterwards to protect it from fracture and restore full chewing strength. Modern endodontics has a high success rate at relieving pain and retaining the natural tooth; your dentist will explain how many visits your tooth is likely to need, what the follow-up restoration involves and how to look after the tooth afterwards.