Root Canal Treatment

Root canal treatment removes infected or inflamed tissue from inside a tooth, cleans and disinfects the canals, then seals them to save a tooth that would otherwise need extraction. Stomatologia Chrobrego prices by the number of canals, from 550 zł for a single-root tooth, and also carries out re-treatment of teeth that were root-filled previously. After endodontics a tooth is usually rebuilt with a filling or crown.

Root canal (endodontic) treatment is needed when the pulp — the nerve and blood supply inside a tooth — becomes infected or irreversibly inflamed, often through deep decay, a crack or trauma. Left untreated this causes pain and abscesses and can lead to losing the tooth. The treatment removes the diseased pulp, shapes and disinfects the fine canals inside each root, and fills them to seal the space and prevent re-infection, allowing the natural tooth to be kept. At Stomatologia Chrobrego the procedure is carried out under local anaesthetic, with computer-controlled anaesthesia and inhalation sedation available for comfort, and X-rays used to map the canals and confirm the fill. Pricing reflects the tooth's complexity — front and other single-root teeth are the simplest, while molars with three or more canals take longer and cost more, with an additional fee per extra canal. The practice also offers re-endodontics: re-opening and re-cleaning a tooth that was root-treated before but has failed, which is more involved than first-time treatment. Because a root-treated tooth becomes more brittle, it is commonly restored afterwards with a substantial filling, a fibreglass build-up or a crown, quoted separately. Root canal treatment is associated with relieving pain and preserving a natural tooth in the arch; the dentist assesses whether the tooth is restorable before recommending it.