
Modern root canal treatment and retreatment — comfortable, predictable and focused on keeping your natural tooth.
Endodontics deals with the inside of the tooth — the pulp chamber and root canals where the nerve and blood supply live. When decay, a crack or trauma lets bacteria reach that space, the result is the kind of pain that stops you sleeping.
A root canal has an undeserved reputation. With modern anaesthesia, rotary instrumentation and CBCT imaging, the procedure itself is comparable to having a filling placed — and it is what relieves the pain rather than causes it.
Saving your own tooth is almost always better than replacing it. Nothing we can manufacture matches the way a natural root sits in bone.

Removing infected pulp, disinfecting and sealing the canal system, then restoring the tooth — usually with a crown to protect it.
When a previously treated tooth flares up again, retreatment reopens, re-cleans and re-seals the canals rather than losing the tooth.
Same-day intervention when infection has reached the nerve and the pain is severe. Relief first, definitive restoration after.
We image the tooth first — often with CBCT, which shows the root anatomy in three dimensions rather than a flat X-ray silhouette. That means fewer surprises during treatment.
The tooth is thoroughly numbed, isolated, and the canal system is cleaned, shaped and sealed. Most single-root teeth are completed in one visit; molars sometimes take two.
Because a root-treated tooth is more brittle, we usually recommend a crown afterwards. That restoration is what determines whether the tooth lasts decades or fractures within a year.
The procedure itself should not. The tooth is fully anaesthetised, and most patients describe it as similar to having a filling done. The pain people associate with root canals is the infection beforehand — which is exactly what the treatment removes.
Properly treated and properly restored, it can last for decades. The most common cause of later failure is a delayed or missing crown, which allows the weakened tooth to fracture.
You can, but you then need to replace it — with an implant or a bridge — which is usually more expensive and more involved than saving the tooth in the first place.
If a previously root-treated tooth becomes painful or infected again, retreatment reopens the tooth, removes the old filling material, re-disinfects the canals and re-seals them. It is often the difference between keeping and losing the tooth.
Cleanings, exams, sealants, oral cancer screening, gum therapy and TMJ treatment — the preventive foundation that keeps everything else simple.
Explore generalProfessional whitening, porcelain veneers, bonding and full smile makeovers designed around your face, not a template.
Explore cosmeticImplants, crowns, bridges, dentures and tooth-coloured fillings that rebuild function first and look natural doing it.
Explore restorativeInvisalign®, SureSmile clear aligners and traditional braces, planned with iTero™ 3D scanning for every stage of life.
Explore orthodonticsModern root canal treatment and retreatment — comfortable, predictable, and focused on saving the natural tooth.
Explore endodonticsSame-day relief for severe toothaches, broken or knocked-out teeth, lost crowns and dental abscesses.
Explore emergencyPlanned with 3D cone-beam imaging, with the aim of keeping your natural tooth.
Planned with 3D cone-beam imaging and performed under thorough anaesthetic — the treatment that saves the tooth rather than losing it.
Read moreWhen a previous root canal hasn’t healed, retreatment is usually a better option than losing the tooth. Non-surgical and surgical approaches available.
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