Endodontics – Root Canals
Our office uses advanced technology and modern techniques to ensure the highest quality dental care with minimal discomfort.
Endodontics – Root Canals
Our office uses advanced technology and modern techniques to ensure the highest quality dental care with minimal discomfort.
Endodontics – Root Canals
In the past, if you had a tooth with a diseased nerve, you’d probably lose that tooth. Today, with a special dental procedure called root canal treatment, your tooth can be saved. When a tooth is cracked or has a deep cavity, bacteria can enter the pulp tissue and germs can cause an infection inside the tooth. If left untreated, an abscess may form. If the infected tissue is not removed, pain woman in tooth painand swelling can result. This can not only injure your jawbones, but is detrimental to your overall health.Root canal treatment involves one to three visits. During treatment, your general dentist or endodontist (a dentist who specializes in problems with the nerves of the teeth) removes the affected tissue. Next, the tissue will be removed and the interior of the tooth will be cleaned and sealed. Finally, the tooth is filled with a dental composite. If your tooth has extensive decay, your doctor may suggest placing a crown to strengthen and protect the tooth from breaking. As long as you continue to care for your teeth and gums with regular brushing, flossing, and checkups, your restored tooth can last a lifetime.
Oral Surgery
Oral Surgeons are required to complete additional years of hospital-based surgical and anesthesia training upon graduating from dental school. Our Oral Surgeons have the training to perform a wide variety of procedures relating to the mouth, teeth and facial regions including tooth extractions, wisdom teeth removal, and bone grafting.
Please contact us today for more information about root canals and oral surgery options, or to make an appointment for an evaluation.
Insurance & Financing
We accept most dental insurances (note: at this time, we do not accept Mass. Health), as well as provide a number of easy-payment options to help make your care affordable. PLUS, since Great Hill Dental offers “one stop dentistry”, you can manage your costs through just one billing location, regardless of whatever treatment you may require.
In-Network Dental Plans
- Delta Dental of Mass: Premier and PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Dental Blue: Indemnity and PPO
- Altus: All
- Cigna: PPO
- Aetna: PPO
- Assurant: PPO/DHA
- United Concordia: PPO/DHA
- Principal: All
- Metlife
- Guardian
- United Healthcare
Essential Dental Plan
Great Hill Dental accepts Essential Dental Plan which allows members to receive the dental care they need at the savings they can afford. Get instant access to significant savings on all dental services plus free exams and x-rays. Choose individual, two-individual, or family coverage and enjoy peace of mind knowing you can maintain your oral health. The Essential Dental Plan is not insurance.
Smile Now, Pay Over Time
Great Hill Dental Somerville partners with Sunbit, a new way to get the treatment you need and pay over time. Sunbit offers patients a way to split their bill into monthly payments up to 72 months.
- No Hard Credit Check
- No Late Fees and Penalties
- See your options in 30-seconds
Care Credit
Care Credit is a third-party healthcare credit card that helps finance healthcare related costs. Care Credit extends special financing options that you can’t get when using your Visa or MasterCard. Whether you use your healthcare credit card to cover your deductible, or to pay for treatments and procedures not covered by insurance, CareCredit helps make them possible today.
