S-Shaped Canals: A Series of Cases Performed by Four Specialists around the World

Recognition of anatomical variations is a real challenge for clinicians undertaking therapy regardless of the teeth that are to be treated. The extent of the curvature is one of the most important variables that could lead to instrument fracture. In clinical conditions, two curves can be present in...

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Autores principales: Machado, Ricardo, Chaniottis, Antonis, Vera, Jorge, Saucedo, Carlos, Vansan, Luiz Pascoal, Silva, Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4124786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/359438
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author Machado, Ricardo
Chaniottis, Antonis
Vera, Jorge
Saucedo, Carlos
Vansan, Luiz Pascoal
Silva, Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal
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description Recognition of anatomical variations is a real challenge for clinicians undertaking therapy regardless of the teeth that are to be treated. The extent of the curvature is one of the most important variables that could lead to instrument fracture. In clinical conditions, two curves can be present in the same root canal trajectory. This type of geometry is denoted as the “S” shape, and it is a challenging condition. This report describes a different clinical and educational scenario where four specialists around the world present different approaches for the treatment of root canals with double curvatures or S-shaped canals. Endodontic therapy is a very nuanced and challenging science and art. The clinical and teaching experience of the authors show different approaches that can be successfully employed to treat challenging teeth having roots with multiple curves. The necessity of precise knowledge of the root canal morphology and its variation is also underlined.
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spelling pubmed-41247862014-08-20 S-Shaped Canals: A Series of Cases Performed by Four Specialists around the World Machado, Ricardo Chaniottis, Antonis Vera, Jorge Saucedo, Carlos Vansan, Luiz Pascoal Silva, Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal Case Rep Dent Case Report Recognition of anatomical variations is a real challenge for clinicians undertaking therapy regardless of the teeth that are to be treated. The extent of the curvature is one of the most important variables that could lead to instrument fracture. In clinical conditions, two curves can be present in the same root canal trajectory. This type of geometry is denoted as the “S” shape, and it is a challenging condition. This report describes a different clinical and educational scenario where four specialists around the world present different approaches for the treatment of root canals with double curvatures or S-shaped canals. Endodontic therapy is a very nuanced and challenging science and art. The clinical and teaching experience of the authors show different approaches that can be successfully employed to treat challenging teeth having roots with multiple curves. The necessity of precise knowledge of the root canal morphology and its variation is also underlined. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4124786/ /pubmed/25143838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/359438 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ricardo Machado et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/359438
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