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pulpotomy

pulpotomy

7.9
A dental treatment that removes the upper part of the soft inside of a tooth to treat decay
  • noun
  • /pʌlˈpɑːtəmi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pulpotomía
  • After the pulpotomy, the patient felt relief from tooth pain.

Examples

  • After the pulpotomy, I felt immediate relief.

  • The dentist performed a pulpotomy on my tooth.

  • The dentist performed a pulpotomy to treat the child's decayed molar.

  • A pulpotomy can help preserve a tooth that has a deep cavity.

  • The dentist performed a pulpotomy to remove the infected part of the tooth.

  • After the accident, he required a pulpotomy to save his tooth from decay.

  • She was relieved when the dentist said a pulpotomy could help avoid a root canal.

Synonyms

dental procedure
vspulpotomy
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A treatment a dentist does on your teeth, gums, or mouth

is a specific treatment removing the upper part of tooth pulp to treat infection

How Invasive

extraction
50 4.3
root canal
  • Specialized
17 3.5
pulpotomy
  • Specialized
7.9
cap
  • Specialized
8 5.3
filling
  • Specialized
14 3.4

Surface Forms

pulpotomy singular
pulpotomies plural

Morphology

pulpotomy = pulp (semi-transparent) = pulp + otomy

Built from 'pulp' + the medical combining suffix '-otomy' (cutting into); the structure is etymologically clear but '-otomy' is specialist vocabulary not familiar to general learners.

Etymology

The word pulpotomy comes from pulp meaning 'soft flesh' and the ending -otomy meaning 'cutting', as in lobotomy. So, a pulpotomy is cutting away the top part of a tooth's pulp to treat infection or decay.