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Endodontics--anatomical considerations.

R T Walker
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Racial differences in dental crown morphology have long been recognized, but the frequency of genetically determined variations in root form and root canal anatomy has not been established. The features of root and root canal morphology occurring at particularly high frequency in Mongoloid populations are now being documented, and the implications that such features may have upon clinical endodontics are now being reported. This paper reviews the endodontic morphology studies which have been conducted in the past and emphasizes the way in which racial divergence has had a direct influence upon the root and root canal anatomy of teeth of the adult dentition.

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R T Walker. 1989. Endodontics--anatomical considerations.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2489011/

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