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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 Kingsclere Dental Practice 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 Kingsclere Dental Practice. 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

Ben Matthews

Dentist

GDC NO. 106008

Preetpal Marjara

Dentist

GDC NO. 283324

Jaymal Kotecha

Dentist

GDC NO. 259185

Vladimir Fazekas

Dentist

GDC NO. 100899

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

891 Reviews

5.0

10th February 2025

Efficient and friendly staff.

6th February 2025

I was treated with great respect. Asked on several occasions if I was okay. Asked if the filling was proud at all and told if I felt it wasn’t quite right to let them know and they would deal with it.

6th February 2025

Overall a very good experience, Reception Staff are welcoming, friendly and very helpful. Highly professional Clinicians, freely discussed all issues where necessary, again were friendly and welcoming.

6th February 2025

Everyone is always so friendly, I have a dreadful gag reflex and am always treated with the upmost care and attention.

5th February 2025

Very professional, friendly, clean and welcoming.

3rd February 2025

The dentist listened to my explanation of a problem. He assessed the situation and explained in depth what was going on and what the treatment options were.

31st January 2025

Polite, friendly and professional service by hygienist and dentist.

30th January 2025

Friendly, efficient service.

24th January 2025

I felt confident in the ability of my dentist to complete the work to a high standard. The dental nurse was also very reassuring and helpful.

24th January 2025

All good

24th January 2025

Good service throughout. Appointment on time and clear/friendly service noth from hygienist and check up teams.Quite satisfied.

23rd January 2025

There is a great team who all work very hard to ensure the patient journey is excellent, Sam was very informative and explained everything in detail. The nurses were very friendly and approachable

23rd January 2025

Treated with utmost care and respect

23rd January 2025

Seen on time. Friendly and efficient

18th January 2025

Quick, kind and understanding service from all staff members. The staff member who saw us was clearly highly knowledgeable and there was a nice balance between professionalism and making us feel comfortable.

18th January 2025

Mr mstthews treatment and manner was excellent

18th January 2025

Personally I am comfortable going to the dentist but for people that are not I can see how the experience at Kingsclere would help people to relax.

17th January 2025

The clinician was very helpful, kind and explained all that was happening . Also helped me with a payment plan due to all the work I need doing.

17th January 2025

Helpful and friendly staff. The facilities are always clean and well precented Dental procedures fully explained before starting.

16th January 2025

Very helpful staff and mu dentist was friendly and good at his job

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