Title

A short review on the root canal configuration of primary maxillary molars

Authors

¹Mahesh Ramakrishnan, ²MS Niveditha & ¹Deepa Gurunathan

Affiliation

¹Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute Of Medical and Technical Science, Saveetha University, Chennai – 600077, India; ²Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute Of Medical and Technical Science, Saveetha University, Chennai – 600077, India

Email

Mahesh Ramakrishnan - Email: maheshpedo@gmail.com, Corresponding Author*

Article Type

Review

Date

Received October 7, 2020; Revised October 27, 2020; Accepted October 27, 2020; Published December 31, 2020

It is of interest to compile available information on the root canal morphology of primary maxillary molars from known literature. The literature resources used to collect data include Medline/PubMed, The Cochrane Central Register of Clinical Trials, SIGLE and Science Direct. Data consists of type of population, number of teeth per study, number of root canals, canal length and type of root canal
configuration. We used data from a total of 13 studies (951 primary maxillary molars). Maxillary molars (1st and 2nd) are dominant for two roots variant. The first molar the mean root length ranges from 7.9mm – 8.1mm. The second molar ranges from 7.2mm-8.5mm. Type I
(explain in a phrase) canal morphology is the common variant in both the molars. Data shows that Root Canal morphology shows variations with the diagnostic aid (example micro CT) used and in different ethnic populations.

Keywords

CBCT; pediatric endodontics; primary molar; root canal configuration.

Citation

Ramakrishnan et al. Bioinformation 16(12): 1033-1036 (2020)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.