Endodontics mainly has the following aims: Preservation of healthy pulp. Curing a diseased pulp if possible. Removing the dead pulp, cleaning and shaping the canal space and filling it with inert materials. To restore and maintain the function and appearance of a non vital tooth. To cure a periapical disease, if present.
Treatments rendered in Endodontics
Endodontic treatment is mainly based on preserving the tooth structure without having to extract it, here are some of the procedures followed in endodontic treatment: Indirect pulp capping Direct pulp capping Pulpotomy and apexigenesis. Pulpectomy and root canal treatment. Periapical curetage. Apicectomy and retrograde filling. Replantation. Transplantation. Redisection and eisection. Endodontic endosseous implants. Bleaching. Perforation […]
Endodontics
Endodontics (or) Conservative Dentistry in the second year is called Pre clinical conservative (PCC), this is called so because it is the subject which is thought pre (or) before entering the clinics. Endodontics is the branch of dentistry which deals with the Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of diseases concerned with the hard tissues(Enamel, dentin) and […]
Dental caries – History, Classification and Causes
Dental caries is commonly called tooth decay. Caries in latin is called as ‘rot’ or ‘decay’ and Dental caries means ‘rotten or decayed teeth’. Definition: Dental Caries is an irreversible microbial multifactorial disease of the calcified tissues of the teeth, characterized by de-mineralization of the inorganic portion and destruction of the organic substance of the tooth. […]