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root treatment

noun

  1. dentistry a procedure, used for treating an abscess at the tip of the root of a tooth, in which the pulp is removed and a filling ( root filling ) inserted in the root canal Also calledroot-canal therapy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In his remarks, Ben-Gvir called for a "root treatment" for the city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled but many still remain with nowhere go.

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For example, under UDAs, a course of treatment resulting in just one filling might attract the same fee as one containing five fillings, a root treatment and an extraction.

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This might be a root treatment to save a valued molar from extraction, or a bridge to fill a visible space.

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Your root treatment or expensive bridge is more likely to fail if disease risk is not managed first.

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