A micro-computed tomography study of the root canal morphology of the mandibular first premolar in a population from southwestern China
- 10 July 2012
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Clinical Oral Investigations
- Vol. 17 (3), 999-1007
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-012-0778-1
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the root canal morphology of mandibular first premolar teeth in a population from southwestern China by micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). Human mandibular first premolars (115) were selected and prepared for micro-CT analysis with a slice thickness of 30 μm. Details of root canal orifices, canals, accessory canals, apical foramina–apical delta intercanal communication, loops and isthmuses, and mesial invagination were analyzed from reconstructed three-dimensional (3D) images. Canal patterns categorized according to the classification defined by Vertucci (Endod Top 10:3–29, 2005) as types I (65.2 %), III (2.6 %), V (22.6 %), and VII were identified (0.9 %). Accessory canals were present in 35.7 % of the samples and were predominantly located in the apical third of the root. A single apical foramen was observed in 50.4 % of the samples and two or three foramina in 28.7 % and 14.8 %, respectively. Apical delta was identified in 6.1 % of the samples and the prevalence of intercanal communication and loops was 3.5 % and 7 %, respectively. Mesial invagination of the root was identified in 27.8 % of the samples, the majority of which contained multiple canals. The data obtained in this study revealed complex root morphology with high prevalence of multiple canals, more than half of which exhibited type I canal patterns. Micro-CT was used as a noninvasive technique for 3D investigation of root canal morphology in the mandibular first premolars of a population from southwestern China. Furthermore, data obtained revealed complex anatomy of various types.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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