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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 St Anne's Dental Practice 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 St Anne's Dental Practice. 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

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The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to St Anne's Dental Practice. 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

683 Reviews

5.0

18th April 2025

friendly, polite cheerful staff. very professional. reassuring & kind. good service. pleasant & comfortable waiting room & treatment rooms

18th April 2025

Pleasant staff. Clean environment. No delays.

17th April 2025

I like my dentist

17th April 2025

Yes, the hygienist fully explained what she was going to do. She was very gentle and frequently asked if I was comfortable while carrying out my cleaning. She told me what I could do to improve my oral health. I was very impressed.

11th April 2025

Minimum waiting time and receptive receptionist . Good treatment and advice.

9th April 2025

Tara Healy is a very good, gentle dentist. She explains everything that she is going to do.

9th April 2025

Very helpful Receptionist in finding a slot for treatment. Very pleased that a filling only was necessary, due to good dental treatment in the past. Excellent treatment, as always.

8th April 2025

great staff.dentist very good one but my wife and i find the stairs very steep for us older ones.!

4th April 2025

Calm, friendly and efficient

3rd April 2025

Great everything.

3rd April 2025

Tara was very professional, courteous and friendly.

28th March 2025

Very pleasant staff &dentist exceptionally friendly also very professional Cleanliness is excellent Waiting room comfortable & patients loo very clean Dentist Susan Brink has an amazing manner I actually enjoy going to see her

28th March 2025

Susan is fantastic

27th March 2025

Very kind receptionist after having had an extraction

27th March 2025

Susan is a great dentist, very professional and kind. Receptionist very friendly and efficient. Everyone makes you feel welcome.

27th March 2025

All the staff are professional and put you at ease when your nervous.

27th March 2025

My filling had fallen out. It was replaced. No pain.

26th March 2025

Pleasant professional efficient thoughtful

20th March 2025

Adam. Total confidence in him as my dentist and his general calm, professional manner.

19th March 2025

The hygienist was very clear and explained everything she did. She left notes for my dentist to follow up

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