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2. What to know about Medicare coverage for root canals - AOL

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   Root canal costs vary depending on the severity of infection and which tooth needs treatment. People may be able to access lower cost care through local volunteer and dentist programs, government ...

3. Periapical periodontitis - Wikipedia

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   While millions of root canal treatments are carried out in the United States alone each year, total numbers of such cases do not provide reliable indicators of frequency, even for symptomatic periapical periodontitis (given that root canal treatment is not always indicated or complied with, and may also be performed in the absence of ...

4. Root canal treatment - Wikipedia

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   Root canal treatment (also known as endodontic therapy, endodontic treatment, or root canal therapy) is a treatment sequence for the infected pulp of a tooth that is intended to result in the elimination of infection and the protection of the decontaminated tooth from future microbial invasion. [1]

5. Apicoectomy - Wikipedia

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   A root end surgery, also known as apicoectomy (apico-+ -ectomy), apicectomy (apic-+ -ectomy), retrograde root canal treatment (c.f. orthograde root canal treatment) or root-end filling, is an endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material.

6. Dental abscess - Wikipedia

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   A failed root canal treatment may also create a similar abscess. A dental abscess is a type of odontogenic infection , although commonly the latter term is applied to an infection which has spread outside the local region around the causative tooth.

7. Crown (dental restoration) - Wikipedia

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   Some dentists will also finish root canal treatment by covering the exposed tooth with a crown. [1] A crown is typically bonded to the tooth by dental cement. They can be made from various materials, which are usually fabricated using indirect methods. Crowns are used to improve the strength or appearance of teeth and to halt deterioration.