A root canal keeps the tooth. We keep the rest simple.
A root canal treats infection or inflammation in the soft tissue inside a tooth — usually announced by a deep throb, lingering pain after hot or cold, or an ache that wakes you at 2am. The dentist cleans out the infected tissue, disinfects the canals, and seals them so your own tooth can stay where it is. It's one of dentistry's most routine procedures; the dread around it belongs to another era.
What makes root canals miserable in most of Jacksonville isn't the procedure — it's the logistics. You're in real pain, and the front desk offers you Thursday after next. Our studio runs on a different operating system: walk-in first, 7am to 7pm, every day of the week. Pain gets triaged ahead of everything else, so diagnosis, X-rays, and getting you numb happen the day you show up — not after a two-week wait.
One thing we'll always be straight about: the root canal itself is real clinical work. Diagnosis fits our standard choreographed ~31-minute visit; the treatment itself gets a protected 60–90 minute block with the dentist — sometimes the same day, always with your pain already handled. And most molars need a crown afterward, which is its own visit. We tell you the full sequence, with the full price in writing, before anything starts.
Speaking of price: it's already published. $850 for a front tooth, $950 for a premolar, $1,150 for a molar on our founding fee schedule — members pay $680, $760, and $920. No consult-first pricing games.
The 31-minute choreography
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Walk in hurting, get triaged first
Tap the kiosk and flag that you're in pain. Emergencies jump the queue — you're routed to a room, not a waiting-area chair.
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X-ray and photos
An assistant or EFDA captures the images the dentist needs before she ever enters the room. Nothing about your visit waits on her availability yet.
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The dentist's window
The system has already told her a diagnosis is ready. She confirms whether the tooth needs a root canal — or something simpler — and explains why in plain words.
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Numb, out of pain, priced in writing
Local anesthesia goes in and the ache goes quiet. Your treatment coordinator prints the exact cost — root canal, plus crown if a molar needs one — before you commit to anything.
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Treatment block reserved
You leave with the pain controlled and a protected 60–90 minute treatment slot — often later the same day. The root canal appointment is longer than 31 minutes on purpose; rushing endodontics is how corners get cut.
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The crown, if your tooth needs one
Most molars need a crown after a root canal to protect the treated tooth. That's a separate choreographed visit, priced on the same public schedule — no surprise add-ons at the end.
Fees
| Root canal — front tooth | $850 | $680 member |
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| Root canal — premolar | $950 | $760 member |
| Root canal — molar | $1150 | $920 member |
This is our founding fee schedule — real prices, published before we open. Every fee is per procedure and confirmed in writing before treatment starts. No surprise billing, ever. Member prices apply with any Restoro membership plan. Final schedule locks at opening.
Questions, answered plainly
Do root canals hurt?
The pain people remember is almost always the toothache before treatment, not the procedure. You'll be fully numb before the dentist starts, and we don't begin until you confirm it. Tell the team if anesthesia has been slow to work on you before — that changes the protocol, not the plan.
How many visits will this take?
Honestly: one to three. Diagnosis is a standard ~31-minute visit. The root canal itself is a protected 60–90 minute block, sometimes started the same day. Molars usually need a crown afterward — one more visit. Front teeth are often done in fewer. You'll know your sequence before visit one ends.
What does a root canal cost here?
It's on the founding fee schedule for anyone to read: $850 front tooth, $950 premolar, $1,150 molar. Members pay 20% less — $680, $760, $920. If a crown is needed, that's $1,250 ($999 member), and you'll see the combined total in writing before treatment starts.
Can you really start a root canal the day I walk in?
The model is built for it. When we open in September 2026, pain cases are triaged first thing, and if a treatment block is open the same day, the dentist starts. Worst case, you leave numb, out of pain, and holding a reserved slot — never a 'call back Monday.'
Should I just pull the tooth instead?
Sometimes extraction is the right call, and we'll say so. But run the arithmetic first: a molar root canal plus crown is $2,400 on our schedule, while an extraction followed by an implant, abutment, and implant crown runs over $4,000. Keeping your own tooth is usually the less expensive road. We show you both totals and you decide — no pressure in either direction.
Will I be sent to a specialist?
Most root canals are handled in-house. A minority of teeth — unusually curved or calcified canals, some retreatments — genuinely belong with an endodontist, and if yours is one, we'll tell you at diagnosis, before you've paid for anything, not halfway through.
Come in when it works for you.
We open September 2026 in the Ponte Vedra–Nocatee corridor. Founding members lock $29/month for life — cleanings, exams, X-rays, and a whitening touch-up with every visit.