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Endodontics is the treatment of root canals, this corresponds to all therapy that is performed on the tooth pulp of a tooth (currently the best accepted term is dental organ). Endodontic therapy consists of partial removal or total removal of the dental pulp. It is applied in fractured dental pieces, with deep or damaged caries in their pulp tissue in which there is a characteristic pulpitis symptomatology. Its application manages to save the affected tooth, the microorganisms are eliminated, the infection is achieved and the acute pain is eliminated definitively.
Note: includes anesthesia does not include sedation.