An accomplished pediatric dentist, Dr. Ophir Alalouf treats young patients in need of pulpotomies and other procedures at his private office in Rockville, Maryland. Before establishing his practice, Dr. Ophir Alalouf secured his DDS from State University of New York at Buffalo.

1. Ophir Alalouf
Pulp, Pulpotomy, and Root Canal

2. Introduction
 An accomplished pediatric dentist, Dr. Ophir
Alalouf treats young patients in need of
pulpotomies and other procedures at his private
office in Rockville, Maryland. Before establishing
his practice, Dr. Ophir Alalouf secured his DDS
from State University of New York at Buffalo.
A tooth is not a solid object. It actually acts rather
like a shell surrounding a hollow chamber that
houses the tooth's pulp. This essential mixture of
blood vessels and nerve tissue plays a key role in
the development of the hard enamel exterior,
provides feeling to teeth, and ensures they

3. Pulp, Pulpotomy, and Root Canal
 Baby or primary teeth have pulp, but that pulp
dissipates as children mature and lose their
primary teeth.
Sometimes, the pulp becomes infected, a
condition known as pulpitis. In adults, this
condition may require a root canal, which involves
excising the pulp and rendering the tooth inert but
still functional. In baby teeth, however, a dentist
can sometimes perform a pulpotomy instead. This
procedure removes the infected portion of the
pulp in the crown of the tooth and leaves behind
healthy tissue in the root.