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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

882 Reviews

5.0

22nd August 2025

Never have a problem with booking an appointment staff are always helpful in finding an appointment that suits time that I need the dentist i see is always ready to listen to any problems that I may have had since the last visit

21st August 2025

Always great attention and care

21st August 2025

Everyone is very nice to deal with .I trust my Dentist/s I have seen at this practice.

21st August 2025

Great Dentist and great staff

20th August 2025

The confidence and care given by the staff and dentist.

20th August 2025

Totally professional and friendly service putting this particularly 'frenetic' patient at ease. Thank you to the team.

20th August 2025

The staff at Hadleigh Dental are polite, well trained, have time for you, treating you as an individual.

19th August 2025

Very friendly staff and good with nervous patients

19th August 2025

Dentist very professional and had excellent interpersonal skills

16th August 2025

It was the best experience l have had when attending a dentist. Nothing was rushed and l was listened to.

16th August 2025

Appointment was on time and I have been with this Practice for a number of years now and would not consider going anywhere else. It is fairly close to home, the Team are always helpful. friendly and efficient.

15th August 2025

The practise is professional and efficient but very friendly. I have complete trust and confidence in the professionals and greatly appreciate the care I receive.

15th August 2025

Excellent dental surgeon, efficient , effective careful and considerate with all round great communication

15th August 2025

Emergency booking for my son prior to a holiday… thank you so much for fitting him in and make the tooth removal so incredibly smooth and easy for him! Saved our holiday!!

14th August 2025

Friendly staff , makes you feel at ease .

14th August 2025

Staff always very friendly and polite. Level of service is exceptional as always.

14th August 2025

Rachel Norris is always excellent dentist. Amazingly patient and kind and gentle. Her assistant was lovely as well

14th August 2025

Overall excellent interaction.Cleanliness of facility.Pleasant team.

13th August 2025

There all polite, efficient and thorough.

13th August 2025

Efficient staff and attentive care.

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