Root canal
Hollow part of the root of a tooth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For dental procedures performed on the anatomical root canal, see Root canal treatment.
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.
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Latin | canalis radicis dentis |
MeSH | D014092 |
TA98 | A05.1.03.049 |
TA2 | 932 |
FMA | 55674 |
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