DEVONSHIRE QUARTER
Root Canal Fillings Sheffield
If you’re experiencing persistent tooth pain or sensitivity, a root canal treatment could save your tooth and relieve discomfort.
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At Devonshire Quarter Dental, we specialize in gentle and effective root canal procedures designed to treat infection at the tooth’s core while preserving its structure.
Root fillings seem to have such a bad press! They are another part of the tooth we can fix if needed. Inside the white bit of your tooth is the nerve and sometimes decay or old fillings annoy this part of the tooth and so the nerve can die or gets to a point where is causes pain. When that happens, we have to fill in the space left – we fill the root canal. It is a little complicated for the dentist to do and there is usually quite a lot of equipment out on the sides, but for you, it just feels like a slightly longer filling. We use a rubber dam over the tooth, which is a little mask that makes the procedure much more successful and safe as we clean the tooth out where there has been infection and so we can keep it away from you! Once done we can restore the tooth and get everything back to normal.
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Root Canal Filling FAQs
How does it save the tooth?
When a nerve is damaged inside a tooth, the body fights against it. By cleaning all of the root out and sealing with a bioacceptable material, the inflammation around the tooth reduces and the pain stops. The area should heal around the root filling and then we can make sure that the tooth is restored. This is usually with a crown, but we place a filling over the root to make sure it is sealed straight away.
How much does it cost?
Root fillings cost between £200-£600 depending on the tooth. If available on the NHS, it is a band 2 charge which is £73.50. The crown would take the cost to a band 3 which is £319.10. You can choose to place an aesthetic crown over the top which would cost around £550.
Does it hurt?
No treatment should hurt at the dentist. We can give you enough anaesthestic so. you do not feel any. In the rare occasions when there is a lot of infection or inflammation, we may need to treat that first before we can continue with the root filling. You can take pain killers before you come to see us and we will advise you to take them after to keep the pain away.
What do we do with the tooth after?
We usually need to restore the tooth. Now the root is fixed, we need to protect the tooth above. We usually fill over the root filling and then crown it to try and reduce the chances of fractures which can happen after a root filling.
How long does it last?
Root fillings last approximately 8-10 years. The lifespan usually depends on what restoration is placed on top of it and how much infection was there before hand. The dentist will be able to advise you as to this and sometimes we refer you to an endodontist which is a specialty dentist as the success might be better.
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