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[A mandibular second molar with three mesial roots: report of one case]
1Stomatological Department of Peking University Third Hospital. Beijing 100191, China.
Abstract:
A case of unusual root canal morphology was presented to demonstrate anatomic variations in mandibular second molars. This case report presented the endodontic therapy of a mandibular second molar with three canals in the mesial root. A mesial middle canal was found between the mesiobuccal and mesiolingual canals. This report indicated the importance of looking for additional canals and unusual canal morphology, because knowledge of their existence might occasionally enable clinicians to treat a case successfully that otherwise to fail.
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