Anatomical profile of the mesial root of the Burmese mandibular first molar with Vertucci's type IV canal configuration.

Maung Maung Kyaw Moe; Jung-Hong Ha; Myoung-Uk Jin; Young-Kyung Kim; Sung Kyo Kim; Ha, Jung-Hong; Jin, Myoung-Uk; Kim, Young-Kyung; Kim, Sung Kyo

This study evaluated the anatomical profile of the mesial root canals of the Burmese mandibular first molar with Vertucci's type IV canal configuration (VT4) using microcomputed tomography analysis. Seventy-five mesial roots of extracted mandibular first molars were scanned and evaluated. Fourteen middle mesial canals (MMCs) were observed in the specimens; each specimen had an average of 1.63 lateral canals and 3.77 apical foramina. The lateral canals arising from the mesiobuccal canal, mesiolingual canal, MMC, and isthmus terminated at an average distance of 0.92, 0.73, 2.11, and 1.89 mm, respectively, from the apex. The mean distance between the centers of the mesiobuccal and mesiolingual canals at 1.5 mm coronal to the furcation was 2.60 mm. A higher incidence of isthmus was observed in the apical 2-6-mm region compared with the apical 0-2-mm region (P 0.05). This study shows that the mesial root of the Burmese mandibular first molar with VT4 has complex anatomical profiles comprising MMCs and isthmus and their lateral canals.

MYANMAR; DENTAL pulp cavities; COMPUTED tomography; DISEASE incidence; ENDODONTICS; MOLARS; TOOTH roots; ANATOMY

Journal of Oral Science, 2017, Vol 59, Issue 4, p469

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Academic Journal

10.2334/josnusd.16-0604