Taking a tooth out
When a tooth cannot be saved, or a wisdom tooth is causing trouble. We always talk about keeping it first.
- Visits One, and a short check a week later
- Hurts? Sore afterwards
Price: €60 to €300
Dr Yiorgos Chatzidakis
Dentist, root canals and implants
A root canal has a terrible reputation, mostly from films. With enough anaesthetic and enough time it is a long, boring appointment. Boring is what we aim for.
- Mostly
- Root canal treatment, implants, and saving teeth other people would take out
- In on
- Tuesday, Wednesday evening, Thursday
- Speaks
- Greek, English, Italian
About Dr Yiorgos
Yiorgos studied in Bologna and did his specialist training in root canal treatment there, which is why he talks with his hands and drinks his coffee standing up.
He works slowly on purpose. Root canals are booked in long appointments so nobody is rushed, and he stops every twenty minutes to let your jaw rest. When a tooth can be saved he will say so; when it cannot, he will explain why and show you the X-ray.
He does the Wednesday late session, which is popular with people who cannot leave work, so book it early.
What Dr Yiorgos usually does
Root canal treatment
Saving a tooth whose nerve is inflamed or infected, by cleaning and sealing the inside of its roots.
- Visits One or two
- Hurts? A little
Price: €180 to €380
Implants
A titanium root placed in the jaw, and a crown on top, to replace a missing tooth without touching its neighbours.
- Visits Four to five over three to five months
- Hurts? Sore afterwards
Price: €1,400 to €1,900
The rest of the team
Dr Eleni Marinou
Dentist, founder
Dr Stavros Kouris
Orthodontist
Dr Anna-Maria Lekka
Children's dentist
Katerina Ioannidou
Dental hygienist