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Endodontics Glossary

104 terms total — 24 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026

Root Canal Sealer

Intermediate Technical IVT

A cementing agent used in conjunction with a core filling material to seal the root canal system and occlude accessory canals and irregularities.

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Pulp Sensibility Test

Advanced Technical IVT

A diagnostic procedure that assesses the neural response of the pulp to thermal or electrical stimuli as an indirect ind...

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Pulp Space

Intermediate Technical IVT

The collective anatomical area within a tooth occupied by pulp tissue, encompassing both the pulp chamber and root canal...

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Pulp Stone

Intermediate Technical IVT

A calcified mass found within the pulp chamber or root canal, composed of mineralised tissue that may impede access to t...

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Pulp Vitality Testing

Intermediate Technical IVT

A set of diagnostic procedures used to assess the neurovascular status of dental pulp, including thermal and electric st...

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Pulpectomy

Intermediate Technical IVT

The complete removal of the dental pulp from both the coronal and radicular portions of the tooth.

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Pulpotomy

Intermediate Technical IVT

The surgical removal of the coronal portion of the dental pulp, leaving the radicular pulp intact and vital.

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Radicular Cyst

Advanced Technical IVT

An inflammatory cyst of odontogenic origin arising at the apex of a non-vital tooth, typically as a sequela of pulp necr...

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Reciprocating Motion

Intermediate Technical IVT

A rotational mode of endodontic file movement in which the instrument alternates between clockwise and counterclockwise...

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Regenerative Endodontics

Advanced Technical IVT

A biologically based procedure designed to replace damaged pulp tissue structures, including dentin, root structures, an...

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Resin-Based Sealer

Intermediate Technical IVT

A root canal sealer composed of epoxy resin or methacrylate resin systems, used to fill voids between the core obturatio...

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Retreatment

Intermediate Technical IVT

A secondary endodontic procedure performed on a tooth that has previously undergone root canal treatment, with the aim o...

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Reversible Pulpitis

Intermediate Technical IVT

A mild inflammatory condition of the dental pulp in which the pulp is capable of returning to a normal, healthy state on...

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Root Canal Sealer

Intermediate Technical IVT

A cementing agent used in conjunction with a core filling material to seal the root canal system and occlude accessory c...

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Root-End Filling

Advanced Technical IVT

A retrograde restorative material placed into a prepared cavity at the resected root end to seal the root canal system d...

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Root-End Resection

Advanced Technical IVT

The surgical removal of the apical portion of a tooth root, typically 3 mm, performed during periapical microsurgery to...

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Rotary Instrumentation

Intermediate Technical IVT

A method of root canal preparation using engine-driven, continuously rotating nickel-titanium files to shape and clean t...

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Rubber Dam

Basic Technical IVT

An isolation device consisting of a latex or non-latex sheet stretched over the treatment tooth to provide a sterile ope...

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Separated Instrument

Intermediate Formal IVT

A file or endodontic instrument that has fractured within the root canal during instrumentation, constituting a procedur...

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Single-Cone Technique

Intermediate Technical IVT

An obturation method in which a single gutta-percha or polymer cone is selected to match the prepared canal taper and pl...

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Sinus Tract

Intermediate Formal IVT

An epithelialised or non-epithelialised channel through bone and soft tissue that drains suppuration from a periapical o...

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Smear Layer

Advanced Technical IVT

A thin layer of organic and inorganic debris deposited on the canal wall surface during instrumentation, which can imped...

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Sodium Hypochlorite Accident

Advanced Technical IVT

An adverse event occurring when sodium hypochlorite irrigant is inadvertently expressed beyond the root apex into periap...

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Step-Back Technique

Intermediate Technical IVT

A manual root canal instrumentation method in which the apical portion of the canal is shaped first, then progressively...

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Strip Perforation

Advanced Technical IVT

An elongated iatrogenic perforation of the inner wall of a curved root canal, caused by over-instrumentation of the conc...

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