Definition of Endodontics

1. Noun. The branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp.

Exact synonyms: Endodontia
Generic synonyms: Dental Medicine, Dentistry, Odontology
Derivative terms: Endodontist, Endodontic, Endodontist

Definition of Endodontics

1. Noun. The branch of dentistry dealing with the dental pulp and root ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endodontics

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Medical Definition of Endodontics

1. A dental specialty concerned with the maintenance of the dental pulp in a state of health and the treatment of the pulp cavity (pulp chamber and pulp canal). (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endodontics

endodermal cells
endodermal cloaca
endodermal pouches
endodermal sinus tumour
endodermic
endodermis
endodermises
endoderms
endodiascope
endodiascopy
endodontia
endodontic
endodontic stabiliser
endodontic treatment
endodontically
endodontics (current term)
endodontist
endodontists
endodontologist
endodontology
endodyne
endodyocyte
endoenteritis
endoenthalpic
endoenzyme
endoenzymes
endoergic
endoergic reaction
endoesophagitis

Literary usage of Endodontics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Employee Benefits in Medium and Large Private Establishments (1993) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"endodontics involves the treatment of the tooth pulp, such as root canal work. ... Fillings, surgery, endodontics, and periodontics are more likely to be ..."

2. Advancing the Nation's Health Needs by National Research Council (2005)
"... endodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, and public health dentistry. ..."

3. Open Wide: Futures for Dentistry in 2010 by Perri 6, Ben Jupp, Tom Bentley (1996)
"The CDS has employed part-time specialists in oral surgery, advanced conservation and endodontics, prosthetics and periodontology, and GDS dentists have ..."

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