Endodontics (from the Greek endo "inside"; and odons "tooth") is the dental speciality concerned with the study and treatment of the dental pulp.

 

Endodontists perform a variety of procedures including:

 

Endodontic therapy or root canal therapy, colloquially root canal, is a sequence of treatment for the pulp of a tooth which results in the elimination of infection and protection of the decontaminated tooth from future microbial invasion.

 

Endodontic retreatment describes a dental root canal procedure that is carried out on a tooth that has previously had root canal treatment. For this reason it is also called "repeat root canal treatment".

 

Cracked tooth syndrome (abbreviated CTS) is a dental condition in which a partial crack extends into the dentin. It may occasionally extend to or through the pulp of a tooth.

 

 

Surgical endodontics: the aim is re-treatment behavior through a surgical access through the root of the tooth.

 

 

Root canal therapy is one of the most common procedures. If the dental pulp becomes diseased or injured, endodontic treatment is required to save the tooth.