• Title of article

    Analysis of Cause of Endodontic Failure of C-Shaped Root Canals

  • Author/Authors

    Kim, Yemi Department of Conservative Dentistry - Dental Research Institute - Ewha Womans University School of Medicine - Seoul, Republic of Korea , Lee, Donghee Department of Conservative Dentistry - Seoul St. Mary’s Dental Hospital - College of Medicine - The Catholic University of Korea - Seoul, Republic of Korea , Kim, Da-Vin Department of Conservative Dentistry - Seoul St. Mary’s Dental Hospital - College of Medicine - The Catholic University of Korea - Seoul, Republic of Korea , Kim, Sin-Young Department of Conservative Dentistry - Seoul St. Mary’s Dental Hospital - College of Medicine - The Catholic University of Korea - Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    8
  • Abstract
    ThepurposeofthisstudywastoanalyzevariouscharacteristicsandclassificationofC-shapedrootcanalsandevaluatethecausesofendodonticfailureofC-shapedrootcanalsbyexaminingtheresectedrootsurfacewithanendodonticmicroscopeandascanningelectronmicroscope(SEM).Forty-twoteethwithC-shapedrootcanalswereincludedinthisstudyandhadundergoneintentionalreplantationsurgery.Beforesurgery,periapicalradiographyandcone-beamcomputedtomographyweretaken.TherootcanalconfigurationwasanalyzedandclassifiedaccordingtoMelton’sclassificationatcoronalandapicallevel.Afterinjectionof1:100,000epinephrinewith2%lidocaine,thetoothwascarefullyextracted.Aftertheroot-endresection,theresectedrootsurfacewasexaminedusinganoperatingmicroscopeandSEM.Mandibularsecondmolarsweremostfrequentlyinvolvedteeth(90.4%).ThemostfrequentlyobservedrootcanalconfigurationswereC1atthecoronallevel(45.2%)andC3attheapical3mmlevel(45.2%).ThemostcommoncauseoffailureforaC-shapedrootcanaltreatmentwasaleakycanal(45.2%),followedbyanisthmus(23.8%),missingcanal,overfilling,andiatrogenicproblems.Inconclusion,C-shapedrootcanalsweremostfrequentlyfoundinmandibularsecondmolars.Themostcommoncauseoffailurewasaleakycanalandisthmus.
  • Keywords
    Analysis of Cause , Endodontic Failure , C-Shaped Root Canals , SEM
  • Journal title
    Scanning
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Full Text URL
    downloads.hindawi.com/journals/scanning/2018/2516832.pdf
  • Record number

    2613574

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