Root Canal Treatment

When you need root canal treatment

When the dental pulp at the centre of your tooth becomes infected, it may become inflamed. This can result in a loose tooth and make it painful to bite, chew or eat/drink anything hot or cold.

When the pulp dies, these symptoms will go away, but the infection will have spread through your root canal system. This will cause the pain to come back later, along with:

Swelling in the gum and cheek

The tooth becoming darker in colour

Pus oozing from the tooth

You should never leave an infected tooth, as this can make it much worse. If you suffer from toothache, you must visit a dentist.

If X-rays show that your dental pulp is suffering from infection, you will need root canal treatment.

How root canal treatment is done

This treatment involves removing the bacteria from the root canal, and then filling the root canal and sealing the tooth. This may require multiple sessions, with temporary fillings and antibiotics in between to prevent further infection.

After we have removed the bacteria and any temporary fillings, we seal the tooth with a proper root canal filling and possibly a crown.
We carry out the entire treatment under local anaesthetic, making it completely painless.

Once we have finished the treatment, your tooth should survive for a long time. You shouldn’t require any follow-up treatment, but you should try to keep your teeth clean and healthy going forward. If the infection returns, we may repeat the treatment.

Here's what people say about their experience

    
 
 
         
   Patricia Hammond 
 August 14, 2026.
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Excellent service however, needs to be more empathetic and understanding if a client has a family emergency which may cause them to miss their appointment, due to no fault of their own this MUST NOT be counted as a missed appointment as it just causes further distress to the client, when they are discharged from the practice and all through not fault of their own.
  
 
        
   Angela Hewitson 
 August 11, 2026.
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. quick and efficient
  
 
        
   Darrell Atherton 
 August 4, 2026.
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great experience. Aminha and Nichola amazing as always , seen straight away and were lovely. They made my autistic daughter feel very comfortable and made the visit very easy. Can't thank them both enough.
  
 
        
   Nicole Jade Welsby-Smith 
 July 29, 2026.
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I’ve been coming here for around 5 years now with my two young children. My eldest has autism and doesn’t do well with doctors, dentists etc and can get very overwhelmed and loud. That is until the new dentist started a while back, Mateusz Matuszewski, who makes my very active children feel so welcome. He never comments on my son’s behaviour, he doesn’t talk down to us and instead is kind, patient and understanding. I’ve been meaning to write a review every time we’ve been in but last time was just lovely. He explained to my son about what sucking his thumb would do to his teeth in a kind way and a way my son could understand. He’s a really lovely person and I couldn’t be happier that he’s our dentist. This practise is just so lovely, from the reception staff who answer the 500 questions my son has as soon as he walks in to every other staff member in there. Thank you for being kind and inclusive, it means a lot.
  
 
        
   John Richardson 
 July 28, 2026.
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Miss Aminah and her team always provide a great service and probably the best dentist I’ve had at the practice over all the years.
  
 
        
   Helen Mcmyler 
 July 23, 2026.
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Had a positive experience ,  im very nervous but was constantly reasured,  Would recommend this practice to everyone .

Getting to the centre of the issue

When you need root canal treatment

How root canal treatment is done

Root Canal Treatment Cost

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