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Anatomical aberrations in root canals of maxillary first and second molar teeth: an endodontic challenge
Manish Shah1, Pathik Patel, Parth Desai
1Department of Endodontics, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Abstract:
Root canal anatomy variations present a constant challenge in successful diagnosis and endodontic treatment, especially the multirooted teeth. Maxillary first molar is the most commonly treated tooth yet with frequent failures because of undetected canals, especially the mesiobuccal second canal (MB2) with more frequency and distobuccal second canal (DB2) with quite a less frequency. Also, there are limited chances to find MB2 in maxillary second molars. We present two such cases, each of maxillary first and second molar with extra distobuccal and mesiobuccal canals, respectively.
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