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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Variation in location of the distobuccal root canal in a permanent maxillary second molar: A case report.

Anisha Mishra, Velmurugan Natanasabapathy, Dinesh Kowsky, Jitendra Sharan, Anand Marya

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anisha MishraDepartment of Dentistry All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9692-714X
Velmurugan NatanasabapathyDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) Chennai India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-6837
Dinesh KowskyDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) Chennai India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0954-4595
Jitendra SharanUnit of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Department of Dentistry All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-8901
Anand MaryaDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dentistry University of Puthisastra Phnom Penh Cambodia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-4393
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar · INMeenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research · INUniversity of Puthisastra · KH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Key Clinical Message: Clinicians should be aware of the variations in the number of roots and root canals and the peculiar or eccentric location of root canals. An intraoperative CBCT can be very useful in improved visualization of the anatomical variations. Abstract: This case report describes the unusual location of the distobuccal root canal in a maxillary second molar with root fusion. On access opening, three distinct root canal orifices, the mesiobuccal canal, palatal canal, and a third orifice closer to the palatal canal, were seen, giving an illusion of an additional palatal canal. An attempt was made to search for the distobuccal canal in its usual position, leading to the gouging of the pulp chamber floor. An intraoperative limited field of view cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) revealed the root orifice adjacent to the palatal canal was the distobuccal canal. CBCT also revealed fusion of both the buccal and palatal roots in the root's coronal and middle third region, but they were not fused apically.

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cone‐beam computed tomographydistobuccalfused rootsmaxillary second molarvariation

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PMCPMC10160812
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