An atypical anatomy of permanent mandibular second molar with five roots

Vol. 64 No. 3, 2023

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Cristina Coralia Nistor, Paula Perlea, Lucian Toma Ciocan, Alexandru Burcea, Alexandru Andrei Iliescu

Especially in molars that may have sometimes aberrant additional root canals, the complexity of tooth internal morphology in individual cases sometimes does not match to admitted classification rules and underlines the risk of missed anatomy during the endodontic management. To our knowledge, a permanent mandibular second molar with independent five roots, three mesial and two distal, each of them harboring a single canal, was not yet reported. Despite the treatment difficulties this tooth could be successfully approached by using dental operative microscope and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) with small field of view. Though CBCT is not a routine imagistic examination, in case of atypical tooth anatomy aiming to establish adequate diagnosis and treatment plan, the successful clinical outcome prevails over the irradiation dose.

Corresponding author: Lucian Toma Ciocan, Associate Professor, DMD, PhD; e-mail: lucian.ciocan@umfcd.ro; Alexandru Burcea, Associate Professor, DDS, MSc, PhD; e-mail: alexandru.burcea@prof.utm.ro

DOI: 10.47162/RJME.64.3.16 Download PDF
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