Periapical Lesions and Missed Canals in Endodontically Treated Teeth: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Study of a Chinese Subpopulation

04 July 2023 : Clinical Research

Jing Hao^1BCDEG, He Liu^2ACDEF*, Ya Shen^2DEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940533

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940533

Table 2 Missed canals in maxillary first molars.

Tooth number#	Root canals	n	With missed canals	Without missed canals
16/26	MB	172	16 (9.3%)	156 (90.7%)
	MB2	132	104 (78.8%)	28 (21.2%)
	DB	172	17 (9.9%)	155 (90.1%)
	P	172	1 (0.6%)	171 (99.4%)
^# International numbering system. DB – distobuccal; MB – mesiobuccal; MB2 – mesiobuccal second; n – number; P – palatal.