A micro-computed tomographic study of band-shaped root canal isthmuses, having their floor in the apical third of mesial roots of mandibular first molars

Keleş A., Keskin C.

INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL, vol.51, no.2, pp.240-246, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/iej.12842
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.240-246
  • Keywords: isthmus, micro-computed tomography, root canal anatomy, HARD-TISSUE DEBRIS, CT EVALUATION, EX-VIVO, TEETH, PERIODONTITIS, MORPHOLOGY, CONFIGURATION, PREVALENCE, REMOVAL, ANATOMY
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim To conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the band-shaped isthmus area, the floor of which was in the apical third in the mesial roots of mandibular first molars using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT).