Root canal

Root canal
Details
Identifiers
Latincanalis radicis dentis
MeSHD014092
TA98A05.1.03.049
TA2932
FMA55674
Anatomical terminology

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.