Editing Root canal (section)

{{Short description|Hollow part of the root of a tooth}}
{{For|dental procedures performed on the anatomical root canal|Root canal treatment}}
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| Latin       = canalis radicis dentis
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A '''root canal''' is the naturally occurring  [[anatomic space]] within the root of a [[tooth]]. It consists of the [[pulp chamber]] (within the coronal part of the tooth), the main canal(s), and more intricate anatomical branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root.