Terms Related to Root Canals

• Endodontics

  A dental specialty concerned with the maintenance of the dental pulp in a state of health and the treatment of the pulp cavity (pulp chamber ...

• Root Canal Preparation

  Preparatory activities in ROOT CANAL THERAPY by partial or complete extirpation of diseased pulp, cleaning and sterilization of the empty canal, enlarging and shaping the ...

• Dentin

  The hard portion of the tooth surrounding the pulp, covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root, which is harder and denser ...

• 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.

• 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.

• Dental Root Cyst

  An epithelium-lined sac containing fluid; usually found at the apex of a pulp-involved tooth. The lateral type occurs less frequently along the side of the ...

• Radicular Cyst

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