a procedureRoot canal treatment

also: endodontic treatment · root filling · RCT

Dentists say endodontics. Price lists say root canal and then say which tooth, because a molar has three or four canals and a front tooth has one.

The dead or infected pulp is removed, the canals inside the root are cleaned, shaped and filled, and the tooth is sealed. The NHS describes it as treatment for infection at the centre of a tooth. One or two appointments under local anaesthetic, and the tooth usually needs a crown afterwards, which is a second bill.

How long it takes

The numbers behind this

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Root. endodontic: Greek endon, within, plus odous, odontos, a tooth — the work inside the tooth. Canal is Latin canalis, a channel: the space the nerve and blood vessels ran in before they died.
The tooth's name on the price list is the price: anterior, premolar, molar, in ascending order of canals and of money. Trade practice

The story Cited · mdental-budapest-prices

This is the cheapest procedure in the dental batch and the one whose price lists diverge the most, because three of the four sort by tooth and one sorts by the clock.

Bangkok International Dental Center prices by which tooth it is: anterior 11,000 baht, premolar 14,000, molar 17,000. Sani Dental Group in Los Algodones flattens it — root canal, any tooth, $340, with retreatment at $370 — and prints a US comparison of $1,100 beside it that carries no source. Index Medica in Kraków prices only the front tooth on the page read for this record, at £120, against what the clinic calls an average UK price of £700.

Medicare Dental Clinic in Budapest prices it by time: €123 for thirty minutes, €175 for forty-five, €243 for an hour, and then a second scale for a specialist — €476 to finish a front tooth in one session, €715 for a molar. Inference — a page that sells minutes and a page that sells teeth cannot be compared line to line, and the specialist rows are the only figures on any of the four that price the difficulty of the case rather than its position in the mouth.

Against all of them sits the English NHS band 2 charge, £76.60, which covers root canal treatment along with fillings, extractions and gum treatment in the same course. The patient's share, not the cost.

How it works Trade practice

Isolate the tooth, open it, find the canals, clean and shape them, fill them, seal the top. Where it fails or an old filling has to come out, the same clinics list retreatment at a higher price — $370 against $340 in Los Algodones.

What these pages do not price is the crown the treated tooth usually needs, which is on the same lists at 13,000 to 25,000 baht, €336 to €394, $120 to $600 and £355 to £429. A quoted root canal is half a plan.

Today Cited

As of 17 September 2026 root canal treatment is published at 11,000 to 17,000 baht in Bangkok by tooth, €123 to €715 in Budapest by time and by seniority, $340 flat in Los Algodones and £120 for a front tooth in Kraków, against an English NHS band 2 patient charge of £76.60 for the whole course.

Notes

This page describes a dental procedure and the prices published for it. It is not dental advice.

What it costs where anyone publishes a price

a provider's package pricea state tariff or what a payer refundsa list price, an estimate or an advertised rangelogarithmic scale, US$

6 published prices for this procedure, across 5 countries.

The 6 prices behind this chart

Dollar figures are the published price put through one dated rate table; the published currency and date are in the next columns.

Country	Kind	US$	As published	Dated	Source
United Kingdom	tariff	103	77 GBP	2026-09-17	page
Hungary	list	142	123–715 EUR	2026-09-17	page
Poland	list	162	120 GBP	2026-09-17	page
Thailand	list	330	11,000–17,000 THB	2026-09-17	page
Mexico	list	340	340 USD	2026-09-16	page
Mexico	list	340	340 USD	2026-09-17	page

Every price this directory has read, for every procedure, sits together on the prices page.

Published prices Cited

Each is a number read off a page on the date named, in the currency the provider bills in. Dollars are that number through one dated rate table.

77 GBP ≈ US$103

tariff · United Kingdom · United Kingdom · for Root canal treatment

Includes.

band 2: root canal treatment to treat an infection or inflammation, plus fillings, extractions and extensive gum treatment in the same course

Excludes.

a crown, which moves the course into band 3 at £332.10
private treatment

Published price dated 2026-09-17 · dollars at the rate of Wed, 16 Sep 2026 · the page it was read from · the patient's charge in England for a course of treatment, not the cost of the work; one charge however many teeth the course covers. The page states it was last reviewed on 13 March 2025 and does not give the date the amounts took effect.

123–715 EUR ≈ US$142–825

list · Budapest · Hungary · for Root canal treatment

Includes.

chair time: €123 for 30 minutes, €175 for 45, €243 for 60
or a specialist finishing in one session: €476 front tooth, €715 molar

Excludes.

the crown
the post and core where the tooth needs one

Published price dated 2026-09-17 · dollars at the rate of Wed, 16 Sep 2026 · the page it was read from · the only page of the four read for this record that prices endodontics by time rather than by tooth, and the only one with a separate specialist scale. A molar finished in one sitting by a specialist is nearly six times the half-hour rate.

120 GBP ≈ US$162

list · Kraków · Poland · for Root canal treatment

Includes.

root canal treatment for a front tooth
examination, x-rays and local anaesthetic, which the page lists as free

Excludes.

premolars and molars, not priced on the page read for this record
the crown

Published price dated 2026-09-17 · dollars at the rate of Wed, 16 Sep 2026 · the page it was read from · £120 against a column the clinic labels average UK price at £700; the euro table gives €129 against an Irish comparison of €550. The comparison columns are the clinic's own.

11,000–17,000 THB ≈ US$330–511

list · Bangkok · Thailand · for Root canal treatment

Includes.

root canal treatment by tooth: anterior 11,000, premolar 14,000, molar 17,000

Excludes.

the crown the tooth usually needs afterwards
x-rays, medications, sterilisation, nursing fees and clinic service fees, charged separately
sterilisation at 150 to 250 baht per visit

Published price dated 2026-09-17 · dollars at the rate of Wed, 16 Sep 2026 · the page it was read from · the page states package rates are applicable till 30 September 2026 and that prices are not inclusive of x-rays, medications, sterilization, nursing fees and clinic service fees.

340 USD ≈ US$340

list · Los Algodones · Mexico · for Root canal treatment

Includes.

root canal, any tooth

Excludes.

the crown
retreatment, listed separately at $370

Published price dated 2026-09-17 · dollars at the rate of Wed, 16 Sep 2026 · the page it was read from · listed at $340 with MXN $6,800 beside it and a US comparison column of $1,100 that carries no source. One price for a front tooth and a molar alike, which no other list read for this record does. The page states all prices are a base or starting price.

1 more published prices for this procedure sit on other records — all of them together are on the prices page.

The particulars

family	dental
setting	day-case
anaesthesia	local
region	Everywhere
stay days	0
about those numbers	A clinic appointment. None of the four price pages read for this record states how many visits the price assumes, which for a patient on a return ticket is the operative number; the Budapest list is the only one that names a single-session option and charges a specialist's fee for it. (2026-09-17) · source
links	NHS — root canal treatment · Index Medica price list
confidence	high · updated 2026-09-17

Not to be confused with

Dental crown — The root canal empties and fills the inside of the tooth; the crown covers the outside. Most teeth that get the first need the second, and they are priced apart.

What it connects to

a procedureDental crownWhat the treated tooth usually needs next, on the same list and at several times the price.and of this page it says: What usually comes first, on the same bill and the same trip.a procedureDental implantThe alternative when the tooth cannot be saved, at ten to twenty times the cost.a procedureFull mouth restorationThe larger job that counts root canals among its lines.a countryThailandWhere the price is set by which tooth it is.a countryHungaryWhere endodontics is sold by the half hour.a countryMexicoWhere one price covers any tooth in the mouth.a countryPolandWhere the front tooth is priced and the molar is not.a countryUnited KingdomThe source market whose band 2 charge of £76.60 sits under all of these.a stepGetting a quoteThe step at which by-the-tooth and by-the-hour turn out not to compare.a riskRevision at homeWho retreats a root filling that fails after the flight home.

Pages that point here

a cluster · on this pageSopronDay-case work that fits between a morning drive and an evening one.

Sources

Root canal treatment — NHS (England) · link (read 2026-09-16)
Understanding NHS dental charges — bands 1, 2 and 3 — NHS (England) · link (read 2026-09-16)
Dental Fees — standardised treatment fees — Bangkok International Dental Center · link (read 2026-09-16)
Treatment Prices — Medicare Dental Clinic, Budapest · link (read 2026-09-16)
Dental Price List in Mexico — Sani Dental Group, Los Algodones · link (read 2026-09-16)
Prices — dental treatment in Kraków — Index Medica, Kraków · link (read 2026-09-16)

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