Root canal, front tooth
The infected nerve is removed, the canal cleaned and sealed, and the access hole filled. It saves a tooth that would otherwise come out.
- Price
- £380 – £480
- Time
- 60 – 90 minutes
- Shelf
- Repairs
Book this
Or ring and ask what it would be for you specifically — we would rather quote you than have you guess.
Ask for an appointment 0161 496 0114What it actually feels like
Accurately, not reassuringly
Root canals do not hurt more than fillings. The reputation comes from the state people are in when they finally come in — the pain was already there, and the treatment is what ends it. You are numb the whole way through. What you will actually notice is the time: an hour or more with your mouth open, and a rubber dam clamped over the tooth, which feels like a peg on your gum for the first minute and then stops registering. We stop for a break whenever you ask. Your jaw will ache afterwards from being open, not from the treatment.
The stop signal
Raise your left hand and we stop — then, not at a convenient moment. If something feels sharp during treatment it almost always means the anaesthetic needs topping up, which takes two minutes and is completely ordinary. Saying so is not a nuisance and it is not being difficult.
Nervous about the dentist?
Turn this on and we will explain everything — what each treatment actually feels like, what the noises are, and how to make us stop. It stays on as you move around the site.
Also on this shelf
Repairs
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White filling
£140 – £260
Decay removed and replaced with tooth-coloured composite, shaped and hardened with a blue light. One visit.
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Root canal, back tooth
£620 – £850
The same treatment on a molar, which has three or four canals instead of one and often needs a crown afterwards to stop it splitting.
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Crown
£650 – £950
A tooth too broken down to fill is reshaped and covered with a porcelain or ceramic cap made to match the teeth beside it.
In pain right now
Do not book and wait. Ring 0161 496 0999 . We hold slots free every day for pain, swelling, a broken tooth or a lost filling.