What is pulpectomy done for?

Get you out of pain.: On adult teeth a pulpotomy is kind of the start of a root canal. It is a stop before getting the full root canal. It serves to get you out of pain until you can do the procedure which is delayed because of $$$ or an infection. On a baby tooth it is to "fix" a tooth and the fill it so it maintains the save for the permanent one to come in.

A pulpectomy: Is the complete removal of the nerve from within the tooth. It is sometimes done as a 2 stage, if the entire procedure (pulpectomy, debridement - cleaning and shaping and obturation - filling) cannot be completed in one appointment for whatever reason -- infection, time constraint, to get a patient out of immediate pain ...