Endodontics
Under Endodontics or endodontics ( ancient Greek ἔνδον endon "inside", ὀδών odon "tooth", λόγος logos "teaching" - the theory of the tooth inside ) refers to a partial area of dentistry , which primarily with diseases of the pulp-dentin complex and periapical Busy tissue. The aim of endodontic treatment is to preserve your own tooth. Pulpitids are acute or chronic inflammations of the pulp (tooth pulp - blood and lymph vessels, nerves and connective tissue) or the periodontium (tooth support apparatus) as a result of an endodontic disease.
The most common treatments in endodontics are root canal treatments. In addition, in cases where initial root canal treatment has failed, root canal treatment revision may be required. If this is also unsuccessful, a surgical root tip resection is often performed. Pulp caps (covering the opened tooth pulp ), regenerative endodontics and all measures to preserve the pulp are also part of the endodontic field.
Treatment and costs
A variety of techniques, dental hand instruments and machine-operated reprocessing devices are available for the professional treatment of root canals. The assumption of costs by the health insurance companies is based on the guidelines issued.
Web links
- German Society for Tooth Preservation
- German Society for Endodontology and Dental Traumatology
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Swiss Society for Endodontology )
- European Society of Endodontology (English)
- American Association of Endodontists (English)
- Austrian Society for Endodontics
