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B Maricić

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PubMed1995

A computerized method for the evaluation of root canal morphology.

The objective of this research was to develop a technique that would allow three-dimensional imaging of root canals utilizing computer image processing. Ten single-rooted permanent human teeth with mature apices were analysed. The teeth were decoronated and fixed on boards with the long axis of the root perpendicular to the board. The cross-sectioning started at the root apex and continued in the coronal direction, roughly perpendicular to the long axis of the ++root. The samples were divided into two groups. The first five samples were sectioned 15 times, each section being 0.5-mm thick, in order to obtain the three-dimensional reconstruction of the root and the root canal. The root apex of each sample was cross-sectioned 19 times and each section was 0.2-mm thick. After each section, the root canal contour was defined utilizing the calibrated net with coordinate system in the ocular of the stereomicroscope. The coordinates of the root canal cross-section contour thus determined, together with the value of the thickness of each cut, were relevant input data for the reconstruction of the root canal cross-sections, longitudinal sections and for the final three-dimensional rebuild of the root and the root canal model. this technique appears to be highly accurate in determining the anatomy of the root canal system and may also be applied in other fields of dental research.

Computer Simulation↗
PubMed1992

Asymmetry of the root canal foramen.

Deviation of the major apical foramen from the anatomical root apex is a recognized phenomenon. To determine the frequency, position and mean distance of the major apical foramen from the anatomical root apex, 230 roots of permanent teeth were examined stereomicroscopically and radiographically. Radiographic analysis was used to establish how accurate the conventional radiograph was in displaying such a deviation. The frequency of deviation of the major foramen, determined stereomicroscopically, was 76%, and depended on the type of teeth examined. Radiographic analysis of the same sample revealed 57% of root canals had asymmetry of the root canal foramen. Agreement of stereomicroscopic and radiographic findings was found to be 61%. The most frequent deviation of the major foramen was on the distal root surface (29%), but this was not statistically significant. The mean distance between the deviation of the major foramen and the anatomical root apex was 0.99 mm. The study indicates that the clinician should consider deviation of the foramen during root canal treatment, as the deviation could not easily be detected radiographically.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

[Step-back method for intracanal preparation with multiple length determination of the tooth root canal].

A procedure of intracanal preparation of a cuneiform with cervical extension using a step-back technique is described. The length of the root canal is determined by multiple electric measurement. First, the initial measurement of the canal length (I1) is performed. The measured length is then transferred to the initial extender (No. 15), whereafter extirpation of the pulp and removal of circumpulpal dentin begin. Then the extender NO. 20 is reduced by 1 mm, and the extender No. 25 by 2 mm. When the canal have been narrowed and bent, further extenders are used to additionally reduce the working length by 1 mm more. When the pulp has been extirpated, the second canal length measurement (12) is performed, then starting to form the canal. In phase 1, the apical third from the initial (IAF) to the leading file (MAF) is treated and the cervical extension of the canal prepared by a bur drill. In further instrumentation, each next file is reduced by 1 mm of the measured canal length (12), thus shaping the canal by filling, using a step-back method. Files according to Hedström should be used thereby. Shaping of the canal is completed by a file by four numbers greater than the leading (MAF) one.

Dental Pulp Cavity↗