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in root canal therapy, a hand-operated, smooth, pointed, tapered metal instrument used to compress filling material laterally against the walls of the canal to make room for insertion of additional cones.
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| root canal p. |
point (def. 3).
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| root canal s. |
in root canal therapy, a substance used for cementing silver and gutta-percha cones to the tooth structure. Called also endodontic s. and root canal cement.
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| root canal t. |
that aspect of endodontics dealing with the treatment of diseases of the dental pulp, consisting of partial (pulpotomy) or complete (pulpectomy) extirpation of the diseased pulp, cleaning and sterilization of the empty root canal, enlarging and shaping of the canal to receive sealing material, and obturation of the canal with a nonirritating hermetic sealing agent. Called also pulp canal t. Click here to view image■Root canal therapy. (A), Mandibular molar with pulpitis and acute apical periodontitis; (B), fitting of cones in all roots; (C), obturation of root canals.
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(endodontic treatment) -- procedure in which the diseased nerve (also called the pulp or inside core) of a heavily decayed or damaged tooth is removed and the central pulp space of the tooth is filled and sealed with dental cement
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