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2. Root canal treatment - Wikipedia

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   Root canal procedure: unhealthy or injured tooth, subsequent creation of an access cavity with a dental handpiece, cleaning and shaping the root canals with an endodontic file, and restoration with gutta-percha filling and a crown. Removing infected pulp during a root canal procedure. Root canal treatment (also known as endodontic therapy ...

3. Healing of periapical lesions - Wikipedia

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   Healing of periapical lesions. Apical periodontitis is typically the body's defense response to the threat of microbial invasion from the root canal. [1] Primary among the members of the host defense mechanism is the polymorphonuclear leukocyte, otherwise known as the neutrophil. The task of the neutrophil is to locate and destroy microbes that ...

4. 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.

5. Debunking 5 Common Myths About Root Canal Treatment - AOL

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   Myth 4: A root canal involves removing the roots of the tooth. A root canal treatment removes only the inflamed or infected pulp on the inside of the tooth. The roots of the tooth are not removed ...

6. Root canal - Wikipedia

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   FMA. 55674. Anatomical terminology. [ edit on Wikidata] A root canal is the naturally occurring anatomic space within the root of a tooth. It consists of the pulp chamber (within the coronal part of the tooth), the main canal (s), and more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root.

7. Dentistry - Wikipedia

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   An oral surgeon and dental assistant removing a wisdom tooth. Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the mouth, most commonly focused on ...

8. Periapical cyst - Wikipedia

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   Commonly known as a dental cyst, the periapical cyst is the most common odontogenic cyst. It may develop rapidly from a periapical granuloma, as a consequence of untreated chronic periapical periodontitis. [ 1] Periapical is defined as "the tissues surrounding the apex of the root of a tooth " and a cyst is "a pathological cavity lined by ...

9. Root resection - Wikipedia

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   Root resection. Root resection or root amputation is a type of periradicular surgery in which an entire root of a multiroot tooth is removed. It contrasts with an apicoectomy, where only the tip of the root is removed, and hemisection, where a root and its overlying portion of the crown are separated from the rest of the tooth, and optionally ...