Terms Related to Root Canal Preparation

• Root Canal Therapy

  A treatment modality in endodontics concerned with the therapy of diseases of the dental pulp. For preparatory procedures, ROOT CANAL PREPARATION is available.

• Root Canal

  The space in a tooth bounded by the dentin and containing the dental pulp. The portion of the cavity within the crown of the tooth ...

• Root Canal Medicaments

  Chemicals used mainly to disinfect root canals after pulpectomy and before obturation. The major ones are camphorated monochlorophenol, EDTA, formocresol, hydrogen peroxide, metacresylacetate, and sodium ...

• Dental Dowel

  Use of a metal casting, usually with a post in the pulp or root canal, designed to support and retain an artificial crown.

• Calcium Hydroxide

  A white powder prepared from lime that has many medical and industrial uses. It is in many dental formulations, especially for root canal filling.

• Radicular Cyst

  Slow-growing fluid-filled epithelial sac at the apex of a tooth with a nonvital pulp or defective root canal filling.

• Endodontic Endosseous Implantation

  Insertion of a tapered rod through the root canal into the periapical osseous structure to lengthen the existing root and provide individual tooth stabilization.