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ROOT CANAL [2 records]

Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
  • Dental Surgery
DEF

A dental therapy for damaged pulp by removal of the pulp and sterilization and filling of the root canal.

OBS

The term "root canal" is used as an elliptic form of "root canal treatment" but more accurately refers to the space in the root of the tooth which contains the dental pulp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
  • Chirurgie dentaire
DEF

[Traitement dentaire comprenant extirpation] du tissu pulpaire des canaux radiculaires, élargissement et stérilisation des canaux et obturation canalaire.

CONT

Au stade de pulpite, la cavité carieuse doit être nettoyée et la dent dévitalisée étant donné l'atteinte de la pulpe. La dévitalisation dentaire est l'ablation soigneuse du contenu de la chambre [et du canal] pulpaire[s] puis [leur] obstruction complète.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
DEF

The portion of the dental pulp cavity, in the root of a tooth, extending from the pulp chamber to the apical foramen.

OBS

More than one canal may be present in a single root, two commonly being present in the mesial root of the mandibular first molar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
OBS

La pulpe dentaire occupe les cavités de la couronne et de la (ou des) racine(s); [...] la partie profonde de la pulpe dentaire se continue par le canal radiculaire.

Spanish

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