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ArticleJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics2025

Management of pulp canal obliteration using a combination of dynamic navigation system and dental operating microscope: Case reports with 2-year follow-up.

Aishwarya Vasudevan, Selvakarthikeyan Ulaganathan, Sathish Sundar, Velmurugan Natanasabapathy, Kajal Modi, Neeraj Menon

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Aishwarya VasudevanDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Selvakarthikeyan UlaganathanDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sathish SundarDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Velmurugan NatanasabapathyDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kajal ModiPrivate Practitioner, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Neeraj MenonPrivate Practitioner, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

The conventional management of teeth with pulp canal obliteration (PCO) carries several risks such as deviation, perforation, and excess dentin removal. Dynamic navigation system (DNS) has recently emerged as a useful tool to improve the accuracy and efficiency of canal localization in teeth with PCO. This article discusses two cases of partial PCO in maxillary anterior teeth with pulp necrosis and symptomatic apical periodontitis which required endodontic intervention. The initial drill path was prepared using DNS. However, there was a deviation in the mid-root region in both cases, and hence with the aid of the dental operating microscope, troughing with ultrasonics was done for the successful negotiation of the apical one-third of the root canals. Both patients were asymptomatic at the 2-year follow-up, and radiographs showed healing of the periapical lesions.

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Calcified canalsdental operating microscopedynamic navigation systemNavidentpulp canal obliteration

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PMCPMC12571464

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