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What Is Pulp?

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In the dental there are pulp room, the pulp is soft tissue that consists of blood vessels and nerves, which supply oxygen and nutrients to the teeth, as well as play a role in producing tooth sensitivity. The main function of the pulp is to regulate the growth and development of teeth. The pulp is pulp extends from the roof of the room until the end of the root canal.
Pulpal room is a space in the tooth that is located between the base and roof of the pulp pulp room, and its shape according to the outer shape of the tooth crown best viewed from the front or side. With increasing age of a person, the pulp will further narrow room. When the pulp was there narrowing rooms, rooms opening the pulp (the first stage of the PSA) will become increasingly difficult.
Contained in the root canal which is the "home" of the pulp in the root. The peak of the so-called root canal orifice. Root canal extending from the orifice to the tip of the root. In general, the shape of the root canal is always bent. Bending of the root canal is often not known / visible on x-ray results for x-ray picture is two-dimensional image so that its accuracy is not perfect. For example, root canal teeth bent toward the tongue. Roentgen was taken from the outside (cheek), then the results of x-ray looks like a straight root canal, is not it? Kebengkokannya will be visible when the x-ray is taken from the front / face, but it is not possible, because the result will be a picture of overlapping teeth.