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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 Rowcroft Dental Centre 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 Rowcroft Dental Centre. 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.

Meet the team

Jolyon House

General Dental Practitioner

GDC NO. 68448

Dimitrios Ntanos

General Dental Practitioner

GDC NO. 221636

Lucy Li

General Dental Practitioner

GDC NO. 290862

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The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Rowcroft Dental Centre. 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

399 Reviews

5.0
JR

John Rodgers

An exceptional all round service. Dimitri and Rebecca whom l saw are both trained to the highest standard, the quality of service is excellent thankyou.

PD

Penny Dennis

Dentist and hygienist both excellent. Friendly, professional and thorough. Receptionists very efficient and helpful. Wouldn’t go anywhere else.

15th June 2025

My appointments were pretty much on time, and all of the staff are both helpful and respectful, as well as highly competent.

14th June 2025

Excellent all-round care and attention

14th June 2025

Ease of booking appointments, short waiting times, pleasant staff and all round good experience.

13th June 2025

I thought that the professionalism of the Dentist and the staff was exemplary.

13th June 2025

Dentist, hygienist and their assistants are excellent, as are reception staff. Written communication has developed a sales oriented tone which is not my preference.

13th June 2025

As a new member/patient at Rowcroft I’ve only had consultation and seen the hygienist. My tether were in poor condition and the prognosis wasn’t great. However, in just three visits and following all the advice I am now in a much better position. I am one very grateful customer indeed. Lisa Rodway is excellent!

13th June 2025

Staff are always friendly and courteous and I found my conversation with the clinician reassuring. I have been a patient at this clinic for over 25 years and am satisfied that the team are all doing their best to help me look after my gums as I suffer from gingivitis.

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Alison Eamer

Professional and friendly service as always

KK

Kristy Kitchen

I've been using this practice for many years through a very reasonable private dental plan. Very well managed! They are excellent with nervous patients.

12th June 2025

Everyone, so helpful

11th June 2025

Professional but also personal.

11th June 2025

Always courteous and respectful

11th June 2025

I have a patient at this dentist for over 20 years I have always suffered with anxiety as far as dentist are concerned But have always found Mr House and Lisa my hygienist always makes me feel relax and comfortable during my treatment

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Steve Townsend

Consistently excellent!

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Kelvin Smith

Another good experience at Rowcroft today. Painless hygienist too. Thanks!

8th June 2025

The dental hygienist takes great care to cause me minimum discomfort during the process, listens thoughtfully to any issues I might have and explains carefully anything I need to be aware of in my teeth care at home. My dentist also listens attentively to any issues and is considerate in his explanations of what's happening; he never patronises me and always makes me feel like I am an equal partner in my dental care.

8th June 2025

. Staff friendly understanding and the practice well organised

7th June 2025

Always friendly and efficient. I have confidence in what they are doing and they seem to excel in their jobs. I thought about changing dentist when I moved house but I like them too much! So, I'm staying.

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