Root Canal & Restorative
Save your natural tooth with painless root canal treatment, then protect it with a crown made to match.
Treating the tooth from the inside, so you can keep it
A root canal treats the soft tissue inside a tooth, called the pulp, when it becomes infected or inflamed. The dentist removes the infected tissue, cleans and shapes the canals, and seals them so bacteria cannot return.
With local anaesthetic and rotary instruments, it feels much like having a filling. Most treatments are completed in one or two visits.
A tooth that has had a root canal is usually weaker, so we restore it with a crown. Crowns and bridges are also used to rebuild broken teeth and to replace a missing tooth.
See a dentist if you notice any of these
Save, rebuild and replace
Painless root canal
Infected pulp removed and the canals sealed, under local anaesthetic.
Re-treatment
An earlier root canal reopened, cleaned and resealed when infection returns.
Crowns
Caps that protect a treated or broken tooth and restore its shape.
Bridges
A fixed replacement for a missing tooth, supported by the teeth on either side.
From first X-ray to aftercare
You know the number of visits and the cost before treatment starts.
We examine the tooth and take a digital X-ray to see the roots and how far the infection has spread.
You get the plan, the number of visits and the cost in plain language before we begin.
The area is fully numbed. Conscious sedation is available if you are anxious.
Infected tissue is removed, and the canals are cleaned with rotary instruments and sealed.
The tooth is restored with a crown, shade-matched to your other teeth.
We check healing at a follow-up visit and explain how to look after the tooth.
Why patients choose a root canal at Oyster
Local anaesthetic and rotary instruments, with conscious sedation for anxious patients.
Saving the tooth avoids an extraction and the cost of replacing it later.
Most root canals are completed in one or two appointments.
Crowns are shade-matched so the restored tooth blends in with the rest.
Precise, and more comfortable
It feels much like having a filling. The tooth is fully numbed before we begin, and conscious sedation is available if you are anxious.
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