root canal
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hollow part of the root of a tooth containing the nerve and blood vessels
Key facts
- Latin
- canalis radicis dentis
- Mesh
- D014092
- Ta98
- A05.1.03.049
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
47,197 papers- Unprepared root canal surface areas: causes, clinical implications, and therapeutic strategies.Brazilian oral research · 2018
- Root canal anatomy of the human permanent teeth.Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology · 1984
- Root canal retreatment.Dental update · 2006
- Root canal treatment in dogs and cats.Journal of veterinary dentistry · 2006
- On the dynamics of root canal infections-what we understand and what we don't.Virulence · 2015
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Wikidata facts
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- Dentistry
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/root_canal
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Structure
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