Root canal treatment, often referred to in Portuguese by the popular expression “devitalisation”, is an essential dental procedure used to preserve teeth that might otherwise be lost because of infection or inflammation of the dental pulp. “Devitalisation” is a popular expression, but it is not the correct clinical term; the appropriate term is root canal treatment. At the Portuguese Institute ...

What Is Endodontics?When we talk about Endodontics, many people immediately associate it with the familiar idea of “devitalising” a tooth. However, although commonly used in Portuguese, this term is not technically correct. The appropriate term is root canal treatment, and that is what we are going to discuss today.So, what is Endodontics?Endodontics is a field of Dentistry concerned with disea...

“We have to get used to the idea that at the most important crossroads in our life there are no signs.”Ernest Hemingway Almost 15 years after setting up and directing the first Dental Medicine unit in a private hospital, despite several opinions at the time arguing that such a unit made no sense in a hospital, the time has come to pass on the baton and embrace a new professional project — one t...