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Root canal therapy



Root canal therapy

Process of removing pulp of a tooth and filling it with an inert material.

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Pulp
The nerves, blood vessels and connective tissue inside a tooth.

Filling
Restoration of lost tooth structure with metal, porcelain or resin materials.



SIMILAR TERMS
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Root
Tooth structure that connects the tooth to the jaw.

Root canal
Common term for root canal therapy, also the interior space of the tooth root.

Root resection
Removal of a portion of diseased root structure, retaining the remaining natural tooth.

Rooting reflex
One of the reflexes present at birth; infants will automatically turn their heads and start sucking when their cheeks are stroked.



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Reline
Acrylic restoration of denture base to compensate for bone loss; direct: done at chairside; indirect: in conjunction with a dental laboratory.

Restoration
Replacement of portion of a damaged tooth.

Retained root
Partial root structure remaining in jaw after extraction or fracture of a natural tooth.

Root
Tooth structure that connects the tooth to the jaw.

Root canal
Common term for root canal therapy, also the interior space of the tooth root.

Root canal therapy

Root resection
Removal of a portion of diseased root structure, retaining the remaining natural tooth.

Rubber dam
Soft latex sheet used to establish isolation of one or more teeth from contamination by oral fluids and to keep materials from falling to the back of the throat.

Raynaud's phenomenon
Blanching of the extremities on exposure to cold. Usually followed by blue discolouration on rewarming.

Reactive arthritis
Arthritis resulting from infection elsewhere in the body. i.e. there is no infection in the joint. The commonest type is HLA B27-related and may follow certain types of bowel or genitourinary infection.

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
See 'algodystrophy'.

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