Your Upcoming Root Canal Visit

What to Expect and What to Bring

Check-in details, comfort tips, and a simple checklist of items to bring on the day of the appointment
2026 insurance information will be available January 5th.

Important Information

Choose each section below for details

Please complete the patient forms either online before you come in or when you arrive at our office.


Bring your

    • Dental Insurance Card
    • Medical Insurance Card
    • Drivers License

DIAGNOSIS OF TOOTH – $995

Includes the following:

  1. Panoramic X-Ray
  2. CBCT 3D Imaging
  3. Pulp Testing
  4. Evaluation of teeth, gums and oral health

 

TREATMENT PLAN – $1,575

Includes the following:

  1. Root Canal
  2. Temporary Filling

 

TOTAL AVERAGE COST $2,570

We give you a simple cost breakdown for each procedure, based on your treatment plan and what your insurance plan is expected to pay.

The amount we expect insurance to pay may not be exact until your insurance reviews the actual claim.

We ask that you pay on the day of your treatment. You can choose what percentage of the total cost you want to pay that day based on your price quote.

Whatever percentage you decide that amount will be due at your appointment.

We provide several options for out-of-pocket costs. Click here

We send the claim to your insurance within 24 hours of treatment, and they pay their part based on what your plan covers. Once they process the claim, they tell us how much they paid and what is left for you.

Most plans split treatment into types, and each type has its own payment percentage.

  • Preventive care (like cleanings and checkups) is usually covered at the highest percentage.
  • Basic care (like fillings) is often covered at a medium percentage.
  • Major treatment or major restoration (like crowns or root canals) is usually not always covered at a lower percentage, so you pay more for those.

We will still file a claim within 24 hours even if your insurance is not in network with our office. 

Your plan may still provide some coverage, and we’ll handle all the paperwork for you.

It is safe and important to still come to your root canal appointment while you’re on antibiotics, because the antibiotics and the root canal work together to fully fix the problem.

Antibiotics help your body fight the bacteria causing your tooth infection so the swelling and pain don’t spread or get worse, but they only calm things down and cannot reach inside the tooth well enough to completely get rid of the source of the infection, so the problem can come back if the tooth is not treated.

Please continue taking your regular prescribed medications unless your physician advises otherwise.

If your doctor or dentist has told you to take antibiotics before dental treatment for a heart or joint condition, please do so the day of your appointment; call us with any questions.

If you can safely take ibuprofen or naproxen, we recommend 2 tablets 2–4 hours before your endodontic treatment to help with inflammation.

We do offer nitrous oxide (“laughing gas”) to help you relax during treatment. It is not always covered by dental insurance, and in many plans it is considered a separate or “optional” benefit. When it is not covered, there can be an additional cost of about $200 out of pocket.

You can drive safely after the appointment and do not need anyone to drive you home.

  1. New Patients Check-in
  2. Returning Patients – if it has been over a year since we last saw you, please fill out
  3. Diagnosis based off of 3D imaging and pulp testing. (20 min)
  4. Cost approximation discussed with you based on the doctors diagnosis. (20 min)
  5. Same day treatment. (60-90 min)
  6. Check-out (5-10 min)
    • Next appointment will be scheduled if needed.
  1. You will be provided with care instructions based on your treatment to ensure proper healing. 
  2. Most patients feel comfortable within a day and can return to normal activities.
  3. Depending on your specific treatment, we may schedule a follow-up appointment to check your progress.
  4. Correspondence from our office to your general dentist will be sent same day.
  5. Insurance claims are filed within 24 hours of treatment.

After your treatment, we send your insurance claim within 24 hours. It usually takes 2 to 8 weeks for your insurance to review and let us know how much they will pay for each procedure.

You will receive an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) that outlines what was covered and any amount you may still owe.

After an apicoectomy, the tissue removed from around the tip of the root is sent to CTA Pathology so a specialist can examine it under a microscope and confirm exactly what was present.

Once the pathology report is back, we review the results and use them to confirm your diagnosis, discuss findings with you, and decide if any additional treatment or follow-up is needed.

  • We will bill your medical insurance, and you will receive a separate bill from CTA Pathology for this lab work, and payment is made directly to them.