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. 2019 Oct;52(10):1410-1416.
doi: 10.1111/iej.13158. Epub 2019 Jun 14.

Root canal configuration and its relation with endodontic technical errors in premolar teeth: a CBCT analysis

E H L Nascimento  1 , M C C Nascimento  1   2 , H Gaêta-Araujo  1 , R C Fontenele  1 , D Q Freitas  1
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Root canal configuration and its relation with endodontic technical errors in premolar teeth: a CBCT analysis

E H L Nascimento et al. Int Endod J. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the association between endodontic technical errors and the root canal configuration (RCC) of human premolars, as well as their relationship with periapical lesions through cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images.

Methodology: The sample consisted of CBCT scans belonging to 136 patients, totalling 152 root filled premolars (185 roots). CBCT images were evaluated by two oral radiologists. RCC was recorded according to Vertucci's classification, and the endodontic treatment quality was judged on the presence and type of technical endodontic errors (underfilling, overfilling, nonhomogeneous filling, nonfilled canal, fractured instruments, root deviation and absence of coronal restoration). In addition, the presence of periapical lesions associated with each RCC was recorded. Data were expressed by frequencies and percentages, and intraobserver agreement was calculated using the Kappa test.

Results: The most common RCC was type I (71%), followed by type IV (15%), type II (8%), type V (3%), type VI (1%) and type III (1%). Types VII and VIII were not observed in the sample. Underfilling was the most frequent endodontic technical error for most RCCs, except for types IV, V and 'other', whose most frequent error was a nonfilled canal. The presence of technical errors was greater with an increase in the proportion of the periapical lesions. The intraobserver agreement was excellent.

Conclusions: There was an increase in the prevalence of endodontic technical errors and in the presence of periapical lesions as the anatomical complexity of the root canals increased. Underfilled and nonfilled canal were the most frequent endodontic technical errors.

Keywords: anatomy; cone-beam computed tomography; dental pulp cavity; endodontics.

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