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Looking for a caring and professional dental practice? We’re excited to welcome new patients to our clinic! Whether you’re due for a check-up, need treatment, or are looking to enhance your smile, our friendly team is here to help.
Contact us today to book your first appointment—we look forward to meeting you!

Root canal treatment

When a large cavity in a tooth reaches the nerve chamber, or in some cases when a tooth breaks, root canal treatment may be required. In order to save the tooth the Hadleigh Dental Surgery team take great care to painlessly clean and fill infected tooth canals with the most up to date rotary systems, before adding a filling material to seal them.

Within every tooth is a nerve chamber and a blood supply in the root canal. In a healthy tooth, these nerves will be alive. Front teeth will normally have one root holding them in the jaw bone, but back teeth can have two, three or four.

If a large cavity in a tooth reaches the nerve chamber, or if a tooth breaks, bacteria can cause the nerves to die. The root canals can become infected and an abscess may form beneath the root(s) of the tooth, in the jawbone. Pain may occur at any time during this process, and the infection can spread.

Treatment is usually carried out over one or two visits to Hadleigh Dental Surgery. The purpose of the treatment is to remove the bacteria or dying tissue from inside the tooth and to clean and disinfect the root canals. This is achieved by making a small hole through the tooth into the nerve chamber, locating and measuring the root canals, then cleaning and widening them using fine instruments. Local anaesthetic is used throughout the procedure to avoid any discomfort.

To aid the instrumentation of these intricate channels to the tooth, magnification may be used and if possible, the tooth will usually be isolated to keep the area dry and clear.

Once clean, the canals are filled to seal them off from re-infection. In most cases, infections will start to heal at this point.

Most patients only experience mild discomfort following treatment, but it is common to experience none at all.

Patient Reviews

People are talking about us

The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Hadleigh Dental Surgery. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

Patient reviews

716 Reviews

5.0

28th March 2025

It was lovely to see an existing member of staff on reception as I hadn’t been for many years but she soon put me at ease and made me welcome.The dentist and dental nurse soon reassured me as I said I was a nervous patient but every thing he did was explained to me thoroughly and I had the opportunity to say if I was happy with the treatment plan.

28th March 2025

Everyone was polite , friendly in all departments. The place is clean and welcoming. Everything was explained and easily understood. Very satisfied.

27th March 2025

Always kind and professionalKnows I hate dental treatment and Dentist is considerate of that

27th March 2025

Clean and pleasant surroundings kind staff.

26th March 2025

Friendliness, courtesy combined with total professionalism

26th March 2025

Staff are very polite & professional. Very happy with overall service.

26th March 2025

Quick and efficient. Mr Singh very good

22nd March 2025

expertise

21st March 2025

Caring team & I feel well looked after & have every confidence in any treatments I may be advised to have .

20th March 2025

Excellent care, the dentist listen to my needs, he took his time and explained everything to me and was very thorough, kind and caring. The after care was excellent too.

20th March 2025

Everyone polite, happy, and confident professional, proficient and all exceptional.

20th March 2025

Very friendly, knowledgeable and professional, which made me feel at ease during my checkup

20th March 2025

Excellent service.

19th March 2025

I went for a check up at this appointment and I felt confident that the advice I was given was correct and very professional. One of the most important things as far as I was concerned that after my gums and mouth were examined professionally I felt very assured and confident that there was no cancer etc there.

18th March 2025

Efficient professional service. Very pleasant staff.

18th March 2025

Every member of staff i came into contact with was happy, helpful and courteous. I am always signing their praises to anyone who mentions they need a dentist.

17th March 2025

The dentist explained everything to me, was very pleasant, extraction was very quick.

17th March 2025

Professional and friendly staff at each visit. My concerns listened to and as a patient I was well looked after during my treatments.

15th March 2025

Friendly and excellent service

12th March 2025

I asked questions and was given detailed information

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