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CBCT and Micro-CT on the Study of Root Canal Anatomy

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The Root Canal Anatomy in Permanent Dentition

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A thorough understanding of the canal morphology and its variations in all groups of teeth is a basic requirement for the success of the endodontic therapy. Over the last century, the complexity of the root canal system was well documented using several methods including three-dimensional wax models, conventional and digital radiography, resin injection, macroscopic and microscopic evaluations, tooth sectioning, clearing techniques, radiographic methods with radiopaque contrast media, and scanning electron microscopy. These techniques have been used successfully over many years, but their destructive nature produced irreversible changes in the specimens and many artifacts. Technological advancements in three-dimensional computed tomographic imaging have given rise to more accurate methods for clinical and laboratory evaluations of tooth anatomy. In the last decades, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and high-resolution micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) have gained increasing significance in dental research allowing the detailed study of canal anatomy because they offered a nondestructive reproducible technique that could be applied quantitatively as well as qualitatively for two- and three-dimensional accurate assessment of the root canal system. This chapter is focused on the description of the main results obtained in the in vivo and ex vivo research studies on the root and root canal anatomy using CBCT and micro-CT imaging technologies.

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Martins, J.N.R., Versiani, M.A. (2019). CBCT and Micro-CT on the Study of Root Canal Anatomy. In: Versiani, M., Basrani, B., Sousa-Neto, M. (eds) The Root Canal Anatomy in Permanent Dentition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73444-6_6

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