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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

446 Reviews

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Elaine Warner

I've been using this practice for 34 years, never had a problem. Everyone is very professional, good at their job and friendly. I have recommended to many people over the years and will continue to do so

17th July 2025

Check up went well and I require no treatment

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Tom Barnard

Friendly, thorough and prompt service.

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Chris Giles

Very professional and friendly service.

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Lyn Niblett

Always very friendly and reassuring.

16th July 2025

Reception staff were welcoming and smiled(!). The professional staff were friendly (as always), efficient and knowledgeable. It’s a lovely practice.

16th July 2025

Professional, friendly, courteous treatment

16th July 2025

I am probably one of a few patients who first started with Austin Fleming along Lansdown and was then with Robert Oldham and now with Jouls House. Time span over 50 years. In this time, the progression of the surgeries have been very accommodating and keeping up with modernisation in their practises. Not to mention how all staff from the top to the receptionists are very welcoming and pleasant.

16th July 2025

Staff and clinicians ate professional. Clean and smart environment.

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Skip

Always teated well,very friendly and polite staff..

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Vanessa Pollok

Amazing customer service for my daughter and I. Everyone looks after you and the treatment is first class- thank you

13th July 2025

I felt listened to by both Lucy (Dentist) and Charlotte (Hygienist).Any questions and clarifications were clearly responded to and clarified.

12th July 2025

It was straight forward and the job was done with no drama.

12th July 2025

Always a friendly welcome. Dentists and hygeineists excellent. A rare practice where smiles are free. Have been with this practice many years no need to go elsewhere. Give it a try.

11th July 2025

Friendly service. All work explained thoroughly. Put at ease throughout.

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Mark Baxendale

Prompt, friendly and professional. Excellent experience.

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Christopher Bruton

Friendly service. All work explained well. Put at ease throughput.

9th July 2025

Overall cleanliness of the surgery, Clinicians very polite and helpful.

9th July 2025

Always lovely staff expertise and care. So happy with the practice.

9th July 2025

Friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere.aAll very understanding and kind over my slowness due to knee op

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