Root canal morphology and bifurcating/merging sites of permanent mandibular incisors in 9- to 12-year-old children : An in-vivo 3D visualization analysis in China

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OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study aims to analyze the root canal morphology of permanent mandibular incisors and the bifurcating/merging sites of root canal systems in children aged 9-12 in a Chinese subpopulation.Design Cone-beam computed tomography scans of 976 healthy, untreated and fully developed mandibular incisors were collected. Root canal morphology was identified by Vertucci's classification. Combined three-dimensional reconstruction and visualization techniques were used to locate bifurcating/merging sites in root canals.

RESULTS: Vertucci I was the most common classification of mandibular central incisors (42.3%) while Vertucci III was most common in mandibular lateral incisors (37.9%). Females more frequently showed Vertucci I classification (49.5% central incisors and 36.7% lateral incisors) while Vertucci III was most common among males (44.5% central incisors and 41.0% lateral incisors). The difference in canal classification by sex was statistically significant (p < 0.05). 58.7% of Vertucci V canals bifurcated in the apical third (AT) in central incisors, while 69.5% bifurcated in the middle third (MT) in lateral incisors. Bifurcating and merging in AT (44.3%) was the most common style of Vertucci III canals in central incisors, while bifurcating in MT and merging in AT (53.8%) was the most common in lateral incisors.

CONCLUSION: The root canal morphology of mandibular incisors in children aged 9-12 was different from that reported in previous studies on adults, and closely related to sex. Males had significantly greater canal variability than females. Lateral incisors had greater canal variability than central incisors. The bifurcating/merging sites were closely related to tooth type.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:155

Enthalten in:

Archives of oral biology - 155(2023) vom: 07. Nov., Seite 105781

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Ya-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ya-Nan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3D visualization
Bifurcating site
Canal morphology
Cone-beam computed tomography
Journal Article
Mandibular incisor
Merging site

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Date Revised 09.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.archoralbio.2023.105781

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NLM360565735