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Root canal treatment is often the only way to save a tooth damaged by caries. The materials and techniques used today allow dentists to rebuild even badly damaged teeth. The cost of root canal treatment is usually quite high. We will avoid it, remembering about prophylaxis and regular dental checkups.
The price of root canal treatment varies depending on the office, town, dentist’s experience and, of course, the materials used. Root canal treatment is quite complicated and time-consuming. It requires accuracy and concentration from the dentist. Check what costs we have to take into account when treating our teeth through the root canal.
Root canal treatment price – indications
Most people would prefer not to root canal treatment because of the cost. However, there are times when it cannot be avoided. Root canal treatment is indicated when:
- extensive caries will develop and, as a result, to necrosis or painful gangrene;
- caries will develop around the old filling (fillings);
- the pulp of the tooth will be exposed as a result of an injury;
- the pulp dies as a result of microtraumas;
- the pulp will be damaged by thermal stimuli, irradiation of the head or ultraviolet radiation;
- we have to treat the tooth after root canal treatment.
Root canal treatment price – what affects the price?
Root canal treatment is quite expensive. However, the price of root canal treatment is influenced by many factors.
One of them is healing time. Often, root canal treatment takes several hours, which has a direct impact on the price. It also requires a lot of work on the part of the dentist. So let’s remember that root canal treatment is often not performed during one visit.
It is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive process. The experience and opinion of the dentist who carries out the treatment is also important. The right specialist is invaluable. So let’s choose a dentist who inspires our trust, regardless of the cost.
Root canal treatment consists in removing the pulp from the tooth and disinfecting the dental canals. Then the tooth is tightly filled with replacement material and the tooth crown is carefully protected against bacteria.
Most often, this time-consuming process takes place under local anesthesia, which also affects the cost of root canal treatment.
The price of root canal treatment is also influenced by the price and quality of the materials used for filling and protecting the tooth against bacteria.
The price of root canal treatment is not only about the treatment in the dentist’s chair. The cost of root canal treatment is also influenced by the price of X-ray images, which a dentist often takes before starting treatment.
The last very important factor influencing the price of root canal treatment is the number of canals in the tooth. Many dentists set the price according to the number of channels. The more, the higher the costs.
Root canal treatment price – cost
The total cost of root canal treatment of one tooth can be as high as 1000 PLN. Usually, we will pay about 400 PLN for the treatment of a canal tooth with one canal. In the case of two channels, the price increases by about PLN 100-150. Three channels are even PLN 200-350 more.
If we go to the dentist for tooth re-treatment, each canal usually costs another PLN 100. The price of local anesthesia is about PLN 30. On the other hand, a tooth X-ray is about PLN 20.
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