Open AccessCanal complexity of a mandibular first molar
Author(s) -
Saravanan Poorni,
R S Mohan Kumar,
R Indira
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.53341
Subject(s) - molar , mandibular molar , root canal , mandibular first molar , orthodontics , dentistry , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , mandibular second molar , medicine , biology , genus , botany
The endodontic treatment of a mandibular molar with aberrant canal configuration can be diagnostically and technically challenging. This case report presents the treatment of a mandibular first molar with five root canals, of which three were located in the mesial root. A third canal was found between the mesiobuccal and mesiolingual root canals. The morphological pattern of separate apical terminations of three mesial root canals with separate orifices, as manifested in this case, is a rare one.