If decay progresses to the first stage, a small filling will be required. If decay develops to the third stage depicted, root canal therapy will be required.

Endodontics, from the Greek endo (inside) and odons (tooth), is one of the nine specialties of dentistry recognized by the American Dental Association, and deals with the tooth pulp and the tissues surrounding the root of a tooth. If the pulp (containing nerves, arterioles and venules as well as lymphatic tissue and fibrous tissue) has become diseased or injured, endodontic treatment is required to save the tooth.

[edit] See also

• Root canal
• Journal of Endodontics
• Oral surgery
• Dental dam
• American Association of Endodontists
• Ralph Frederick Sommer, an early developer of endodotics

[edit] External links

Organizations:

• American Association of Endodontists
• American Board of Endodontics
• British Endodontic Society
• Canadian Academy of Endodontics
• European Society of Endodontology
• International Federation of Endodontic Associations

Publications:

• Journal of Endodontics Research (JofER)
• International Endodontic Journal
• The Endo Blog