Editing Endodontics (section)

== Overview ==
Endodontics encompasses the study (practice) of the basic and clinical sciences of normal dental pulp, the [[etiology]], diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and injuries of the dental pulp along with associated [[wikt:periradicular|periradicular]] conditions.

In clinical terms, endodontics involves either preserving part, or all of the dental pulp in health, or removing all of the pulp in irreversible disease. This includes teeth with irreversibly inflamed and infected pulpal tissue. Not only does endodontics involve treatment when a dental pulp is present, but also includes preserving teeth which have failed to respond to non-surgical endodontic treatment, or for teeth that have developed new lesions, e.g., when root canal re-treatment is required, or [[periradicular surgery]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Levels of Evidence for the Outcome of Nonsurgical Endodontic Treatment|journal=Journal of Endodontics|date=1 September 2005|volume=31|issue=9|pages=637–646|doi=10.1097/01.don.0000153593.64951.14|pmid=16123698|language=en|issn=0099-2399|last1=Torabinejad|first1=Mahmoud|last2=Kutsenko|first2=Diana|last3=Machnick|first3=Tanya K.|last4=Ismail|first4=Amid|last5=Newton|first5=Carl W.}}</ref>

Endodontic treatment is one of the most common procedures. If the [[dental pulp]] (containing [[nerve]]s, [[arteriole]]s, [[venule]]s, [[lymphatic tissue]], and fibrous tissue) becomes diseased or injured, endodontic treatment is required to save the tooth.<ref name="Procedures an Endodontist Performs">{{cite web|last1=Danbury smiles|title=Procedures an Endodontist Performs|url=https://www.danburysmiles.com/a-close-up-look-into-the-procedures-an-endodontist-performs|access-date=29 Jan 2021}}</ref>