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- Title
Prevalence of extra root canals in human mandibular anterior teeth: A cone beam computed tomography study.
- Authors
Garlapati, Roopadevi; Maddarapu, Vamsi Krishna; Vemuri, Sayesh; Lahari, Bolla; Monica, Kommineni; Sai, Movva Vipin
- Abstract
Introduction: Human mandibular anterior teeth usually have one root canal. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of extra root canals in mandibular centrals, laterals and canines. Furthermore, to investigate the prevalence of extra root canals in the cervical, middle and apical thirds using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh population. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 (n=100) digitized CBCT images of Coastal Andhra Pradesh patients were screened and evaluated. The root canal morphology of mandibular anterior teeth were assessed in axial, sagittal and horizontal sections from the coronal third of the root to the apical third of the root. The prevalence of extra root canals per root were observeds. Results: The overall prevalence of extra root canals in mandibular lateral incisors (17.6%), mandibular central incisors (10.4%) and mandibular canines (3.7%) (p<0.05) but no significant difference were observed between men and women. Summary and Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that there is frequent chance of finding extra root canals in the mandibular anterior teeth. There is no significant difference between the gender and age but the root canal morphology of mandibular anterior teeth maybe extremely diverse.
- Subjects
CONE beam computed tomography; DENTAL pulp cavities; INCISORS
- Publication
JIDA: Journal of Indian Dental Association, 2022, Vol 16, Issue 11, p14
- ISSN
0019-4611
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33882/jida.15.31958