Endodontic therapy on the mandibular second molar: easiest to treat of the difficult, molar teeth

Molar teeth present more problems during endodontic therapy than do bicuspid or anterior teeth. The major reasons for this are that molars can have complicated canal systems with unexpectedly large numbers of teeth with four canals, and they often have quite curved canals, which are more difficult to prepare and fill. The mandibular second molar generally is the easiest of these difficult teeth to treat, but they do have some areas of complication, too. The mesial root almost always has two--not one--canals and a rarely described condition, the C-shaped canal system, may be present.