- reception@myokidsdental.co.uk
- 40 High St Weybridge Surrey KT13 8AB
MyoKids Dental in Weybridge provides pulpectomy procedures, including pulp therapy and baby root canals, to relieve pain and, when possible, save baby teeth.
Saving baby teeth with a baby root canal is not as bad as it sounds – it’s vastly different from an adult root canal and can be performed very quickly, as it doesn’t go into the roots of the baby tooth, but rather only the upper portion of the nerve that’s been affected by the bacteria.
MyoKids is an award-winning private children’s dental team in Weybridge, Surrey, that takes a tooth-saving approach wherever possible.
Our goal is always to relieve pain, protect your child’s comfort and support their wide tooth development in a colourful environment designed to make treatment feel less frightening.
How MyoKids Dental can help save your child’s baby tooth:
Recommended when decay or infection has reached the top part of the nerve inside a baby tooth, but the root canals remain healthy. We remove the affected tissue, clean and seal the tooth, protecting it further with a filling or crown. A pulpotomy can relieve pain and keep the baby tooth in place before it’s ready to fall out naturally.
Pulp therapy is recommended when a baby tooth has a deeper infection but has a good chance of being saved. Treatment involves removing the infected tissue, reducing pain or swelling, and protecting the tooth so it can keep helping your child chew, speak, and hold space for the adult tooth underneath.
Recommended when the infection has spread deeper into the root canals of a baby tooth. Our paediatric dentists carefully remove the infected tissue from inside the tooth roots, clean the canals and then seal the tooth. Typically, we recommend a children’s crown to keep the tooth protected and prevent it from breaking down again.
It’s important to save a baby tooth because, even though they’re just temporary, they hold space. When one is lost too early, nearby teeth can drift into the gap, affecting how adult teeth erupt later.
When a tooth cannot be saved, MyoKids Dental can help with gentle extractions and space maintainers.
Children oral health education space
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Examine the painful or damaged baby tooth and explore your child’s symptoms.
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Taken to check the tooth roots, infection and position of the adult tooth underneath.
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Explain whether the tooth can be saved with pulp therapy or whether another option is safer.
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Local anaesthetic and sedation options discussed if your child is anxious.
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The infected or inflamed nerve tissue is carefully removed from the tooth.
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The tooth is cleaned and sealed to help reduce the risk of further infection.
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We may place a filling or children’s crown to protect the tooth after treatment.
MyoKids Dental offers paediatric dentistry, sedation support and orthodontics under one roof.
Principal Dentist Dr Michael Marshall (GDC 264655) provides children’s dentistry, general dentistry, and orthodontic treatment. Dr Saroj Prajapati (GDC 206163) supports anxious, medically complex & neurodivergent children, and Dr Jawaad Saleem Malik (GMC 7016422) supports nervous patients and complex dental treatment with sedation.
MyoKids Dental is part of MyoDental in Weybridge, with a dedicated upper floor for children’s dentistry and orthodontics. MyoDental is located at 40 High Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8AB.
First, book your child’s dental check-up at our dental practice in Weybridge so our dentists can confirm whether a baby root canal is the best next step.
Call the reception team if your child has toothache, swelling, a dental abscess, trauma, or a broken tooth to book an emergency dental appointment with our paediatric team.
On-street parking is available; if busy, nearby parking is available at Waitrose and Morrisons.
Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, late opening until 8 pm on Mondays, and Saturday mornings from 9 am to 1 pm.
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A baby root canal is a common term for pulp therapy. Depending on the infection’s severity, your child may need a pulpotomy or a pulpectomy.
A pulpotomy removes infected tissue from the top part of the nerve inside the tooth. A pulpectomy removes infected tissue from deeper inside the root canals of a baby tooth.
Your child may need pulp therapy if they have deep tooth decay, a toothache, swelling, a dental abscess, trauma, or an infection that has reached the nerve of a baby tooth.
Most children benefit from check-ups every 6 months, although some may need more frequent visits if they are at higher risk of decay, have dental anxiety, require orthodontic treatment, or have a history of dental problems.
Baby root canals are often comparable to a filling and typically don’t hurt, helping to save infected baby teeth from extraction and relieve pain. Without treatment, it can lead to toothache, swelling, abscesses and early tooth loss.
We numb the tooth with local anaesthetic before treatment. Sedation is also available if your child is very anxious or needs more complex care.
Often, yes. A crown may be recommended after pulp therapy to protect the baby tooth, especially if it is a back tooth or has been weakened by decay.
Signs can include toothache, swelling, pus, bad taste, fever, pain when biting, disturbed sleep or a small gum boil near the tooth.
Yes. MyoKids Dental has a dedicated children’s floor, gentle communication, a tell-show-do approach and safe sedation options available when needed.
