About This Department

The UNC Adams School of Dentistry Department of Periodontology, Endodontics, and Dental Hygiene is one large department housing three unique disciplines. Endodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with the morphology, physiology and pathology of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues. Its study and practice encompass the basic and clinical sciences including the biology of the normal pulp and the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions.