root canal

English

Noun

root canal (plural root canals)

2. (anatomy, dentistry) The hollow part of the root of a tooth, containing the nerve and blood vessels.
4. (dentistry, metonymic) A surgical operation on a root canal (endodontic therapy), typically filling it with gutta-percha.

Related terms

• endodontics

Translations

hollow part of the root of a tooth

• Catalan: conducte radicular m
• Finnish: juurikanava (fi)
• German: Wurzelkanal m

surgical operation on a root canal

• Catalan: conducte radicular m
• Finnish: juurihoito (fi)
• German: Wurzelkanalbehandlung f
• Hungarian: gyökérkezelés (hu)
• Turkish: endodonti, kanal tedavisi