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endodontics

 
Dictionary: en·do·don·tics   (ĕn'dō-dŏn'tĭks) pronunciation
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n. (used with a sing. verb)
The branch of dentistry that deals with diseases of the tooth root, dental pulp, and surrounding tissue.

[ENDO- + (ORTHO)DONTICS.]

endodontic en'do·don'tic adj.
endodontist en'do·don'tist n.

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The branch of dental practice that applies the knowledge of endodontology.

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The branch of dentistry concerned with the etiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of conditions that affect the tooth pulp, root and periapical tissues.

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If decay progresses to the first stage, a small filling will be required. If decay develops to the third stage depicted, root canal therapy will be required.

Endodontics, from the Greek endo (inside) and odons (tooth), is one of the nine specialties of dentistry recognized by the American Dental Association, and deals with the tooth pulp and the tissues surrounding the root of a tooth. If the pulp (containing nerves, arterioles and venules as well as lymphatic tissue and fibrous tissue) has become diseased or injured, endodontic treatment is required to save the tooth.

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Endodontology
Diagnostic tests
Electric pulp test - Thermal test - Percussion test
Pulpal Diagnosis
External resorption - Internal resorption - Irreversible pulpitis - Reversible pulpitis - Necrotic pulp - Pink tooth of Mummery
Periapical Diagnosis
Acute apical periodontitis - Chronic apical periodontitis - Perio-endo lesion - Fistula - Periapical abscess - Phoenix abscess - Vertical root fracture
Anatomy
Apical foramen - Pulp - Pulp chamber - Root canal
Armamentarium and material
Amalgam - Apex locator - Files and reamers - Gutta-percha - Dental dam - Rotary technology - Sodium hypochlorite - Silver points - Eucalyptol - Saline - EDTA
Endodontic procedures
Other specialties
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Dentistry
Recognized Specialties
(in the United States)
Unrecognized Specialties
(in the United States)
Other
Procedures
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Endodontics".  Read more