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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

531 Reviews

5.0

30th August 2025

Friendly staff and on time

29th August 2025

Very professional. Caring staff. Have a great deal of trust in the Dentist.

28th August 2025

competence

28th August 2025

Very caring treatment

28th August 2025

Excellent service from reception to hygienist & dentist.

27th August 2025

Dr House checked the problem of a filling falling out but indicated that nothing needs doing this time, but more work might be needed in future. Only took a few minutes to check it out. No charge.

27th August 2025

All the staff are very friendly and nothing is to much problem to help you out when needed

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Helly Symonds

Always have the best service, helpful and friendly .

23rd August 2025

Every aspect was first rate.

23rd August 2025

I have been going to Rowcroft dental practice for most of my life, I have always been extremely happy with the treatment I have received. I think the practice is exemplary

23rd August 2025

The reception staff are friendly and helpful.My appointment was on time and the staff were professional and friendly and took time to explain what they were doingBooking my next appointment was slick

22nd August 2025

my hygenist rebecca is great. always get a warm welcome and smile from her. and my dentist lucy is so helpful and very thorough with my check up. she is always happpy and nothing is to much trouible for her.she asks the questions which she should and gives first class advise as does rebbeca. they are both a credit to the team. thank you so much.john please convey my thanks to them.

22nd August 2025

Rebecca is so friendly and we always have a quick catch up . It puts you at ease for your professional treatment .

21st August 2025

Very efficient, professional clinicians

21st August 2025

I've been a patient here for many years and have always had great service at reception. After a major fear of the dentist Dr House was fantastic with me and really helped me over come this. My hygienist Lisa is always friendly and cheerful. I feel I have a good professional and personal relationship with them both after years of care.

20th August 2025

Have been with them for over 20 years and Dr House, Lisa (hygienist) and the rest of the team are amazing I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else

20th August 2025

Staff on reception , Saskia Barnes & Dr House

20th August 2025

Lovely staff professional treatment always a good experience when i go to this practice would highly recommend this practice

20th August 2025

Friendly and professional and Lucy Li explained the situation and possible treatments very clearly

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Dee Williams

Amazing staff friendly and very professional treatment always first class highly recommended this practice

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