introduction: the purpose of this study was to investigate the root and canal morphology of maxillary first molars with regards to patients’ age and gender with cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). methods and materials: a total of 149 cbct scans from 92 (67.1%) female and 57 (31.3%) male patients with mean age of 40.5 years were evaluated. tooth length, presence of root fusion, number of the ...

introduction: this study sought to assess the effects of amperage (ma) and field of view (fov) on intracanal metal post artifacts and the diagnostic parameters for detection of vertical root fracture (vrf) in teeth with intracanal posts. methods and materials: in this diagnostic study, 80 human single-canal teeth were evaluated by cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). nickel chrome cast posts w...

one of the main causes of endodontic treatment failure is the clinician’s inability to localize all the root canals. due to the complex anatomy of the root canal system, missed canals are not uncommon. there are several strategies to decrease the possibility of missed root canals starting with good pre-operative radiographies. in order to overcome the limitations of conventional radiographies, ...

introduction: the aim of this in vitro study was to compare the canal transportation of two single-file engine-driven systems, neoniti and reciproc, using cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). methods and materials: forty-five non-calcified roots with mature apices and apical curvature of 15-30 degrees were selected from extracted human maxillary molars for this study. samples were randomly div...

introduction: apical transportation changes the physical shape and physiologic environment of the root canal terminus. the aim of the present experimental study was to determine the extent of apical transportation after instrumentation with hand k-flexofile and k3 rotary instruments by means of cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). methods and materials: forty mesiobuccal root canals of maxilla...

introduction: the aim of this study was to identify the root and canal morphology of maxillary first and second molars in iranian population by taking and analyzing cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) scans. methods and materials: extracted maxillary first ( n =125) and second ( n =125) molars were collected from native iranians and scanned by using a cbct scanner. the number of roots and conf...

precise localization of the third molars in relation to the inferior alveolar nerve canal is critical from a clinical point of view and strongly affects the surgical treatment outcome. recently, by using three-dimensional modeling software, the relationship of third molar root apices and inferior alveolar nerve canal can be better understood. in this study, the spatial relationship of two surgi...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare the dentine removing efficacy of gates-glidden drills with hand files, protaper and oneshape single-instrument system using cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). methods and materials: a total of 39 extracted bifurcated maxillary first premolars were divided into 3 groups ( n =13) and were prepared using either gates-glidden drills and hand ins...

to evaluate differences in the root and canal configurations of mandibular permanent anterior incisors and canines in an iranian population by means of cone beam ct (cbct) images.four hundred cbct images of mandibular permanent incisors and canines that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated. vertucci's classification was used to evaluate the number of roots, number of root canals, root leng...