General
Root Canal Treatment
When you need one
The nerve inside a tooth can become infected through deep decay, a crack, or trauma. The classic signs are a lingering ache after hot or cold, pain when biting, a dull throb that wakes you at night, or a swelling on the gum near the tooth.
Left alone, that infection spreads into the bone and becomes an abscess. At that point the tooth is usually no longer savable, so treating it early is both cheaper and more likely to work.
What it costs
A root canal in Perth costs between $1,395 and $2,850 per tooth. The price depends on which tooth needs treatment, how many canals that tooth has, and whether it needs a crown afterwards.
Front teeth have a single canal and sit at the lower end of that range. Molars can have three or four and take considerably longer. Most root-treated back teeth need a crown afterwards to stop them fracturing, and that is a separate cost we will quote up front.
Root canal costs
- Root canal treatment
- $1,395 to $2,850per tooth
- Crown after root canal, where required
- $1,500per tooth
All prices are a guide only and are subject to change. Your dentist will confirm the cost of your treatment before it begins. Free consultations are available for Invisalign and dental implant treatments.
Common questions
Is a root canal painful?
The tooth is numbed throughout, so the treatment itself should feel like having a filling. Most of the pain patients associate with root canals is the infection beforehand, which the treatment relieves.
Is it better to just pull the tooth?
Extraction is cheaper on the day, but you then have a gap to deal with, and replacing a tooth with an implant or bridge costs considerably more than saving it. Keeping your own tooth is almost always the better outcome where it is realistic.
Other general treatments
- Porcelain CrownsCustom zirconia crowns that rebuild a broken or heavily filled tooth.
- Dental BridgesClose a gap using the teeth on either side for support.
- Dental FillingsTooth-coloured composite fillings that repair decay.
- Check-up and CleanA full examination, professional scale and clean, and X-rays.
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