Open AccessTailor-made endodontic obturator for the management of Blunderbuss canal
Author(s) -
Surrender Reddy,
Sukumaran,
Narasimha Bharadwaj
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0972-0707.82606
Subject(s) - root canal , seal (emblem) , dentistry , polymethyl methacrylate , root canal filling materials , medicine , spiral (railway) , orthodontics , materials science , art , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , visual arts , polymer
The complex anatomy of the blunderbuss root canal often poses a major challenge to accomplish adequate obturation for a biological seal. Moreover, the roll-cone, Gutta-percha obturation technique, which is routinely practiced, also results in a mismatch and failure to configure to the canal volume in the absence of an apical barrier. Hence, an attempt has been made to tailor-make a heat polymerized polymethyl methacrylate resin as an endodontic obturator, to match the canal volume, which has been ascertained by Spiral computed tomography and mathematical integration. A one-year follow-up examination has revealed that the tooth is asymptomatic, with the repair of the lesion evident radiographically.