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Carly Taylor, Reza Vahid Roudsari, Sarra Jawad and Mark Hunter
Root canal treatment is complex and the procedure more comfortable for located at the level of the cemento-
time consuming. Good access facilitates both dentist and patient. Knowing what enamel junction (CEJ).
placement of instruments, improves vision to expect after access removes surprises Law of concentricity: the walls of the
and limits iatrogenic damage. This makes and helps support the biological goals of pulp chamber will be concentric (share
cleaning and shaping. This is only possible the same centre) to the outer wall of the
with a sound understanding of root canal tooth.
James Darcey, BDS, MSc, MFGDP, anatomy and canal configurations. Finally, The use of radiographs is
MEndo, FDS(Rest Dent), Consultant and the clinician must give consideration to essential to correlate canal position and
Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Restorative whether a multi-visit strategy is required the extent of access. The approach to the
Dentistry, University Dental Hospital and, if so, the importance of good pulp should follow the long axis of the
of Manchester, Carly Taylor, BDS, MSc, temporization. tooth and preserve as much coronal tissue
MFGDP, FHEA, Clinical Lecturer/Honorary as possible. Using these ‘laws’ demands
Specialty Registrar in Restorative good spatial awareness and access should
Dentistry, Dental School, University
Access
optimally be achieved before the rubber
of Manchester, Reza Vahid Roudsari, Accessing the root canal system dam is placed. It is often sensible to ‘eyeball’
DDS, MFDS, MSc, PGCert(OMFS), Clinical can be one of the biggest challenges the distance from cusp tip to CEJ with the
Lecturer/Honorary Specialty Registrar to successful root canal treatment. The selected bur before entering the tooth. If
in Restorative Dentistry, Dental School, ability to get instruments into the canal the bur is not going to depth, the access
University of Manchester, Sarra Jawad, system unimpeded using a glide path is too shallow. Conversely, if the bur is well
BDS, BSc, MFDS, Specialty Registrar/ without unnecessary damage to a tooth beyond the CEJ and the pulp not located,
Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Restorative can facilitate endodontic treatment for the stop instrumentation, reassess and take a
Dentistry, University Dental Hospital practitioner. Based on analysis of extracted radiograph.
of Manchester and Mark Hunter, BDS, teeth, a series of ‘laws’ have been developed The floor of the tooth is darker
MSc, Registered Endodontic Specialist, to help dentists achieve these goals.1 than the walls or the roof of the pulp
simplyendo, Altrincham, Postgraduate chamber and, by definition, is located at or
Clinical Teaching Fellow, Dental School, To locate the pulp (Figure 1) below the CEJ. Non-end-cutting burs (such
University of Manchester, Higher Law of centrality: the pulp will be in the as the Endo Z bur, Dentsply, Weybridge,
Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH, centre of the tooth. UK) can be used to expand the coronal
UK. Law of the CEJ: the pulp will always be access safely and remove the chamber roof
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a
Number of Canals (%)
Tooth Maxilla Mandible
1 1 (1 foramen 58%)
1 (100%) 2 (1 foramen 40%)
2 2 (2 foramina 1.3%)
1 (94%)
3 1 (100%)
2 (6%)
1 (6.2%) 1 (1 foramen 73.5%)
4 2 (90.5%) 2 (1 foramen 6.5%)
3 (1.1%) 2 (2 foramina 19.5%)
1 (40.3%) 1 (1 foramen 85.5%)
5 2 (58.6%) 2 (1 foramen 1.5%)
3 (1.1%) 2 (2 foramina 11.5%)
Mesial Canal
b 1 (1 foramen 13%)
Mesio-buccal root 2 (1 foramen 49%)
1 (1 foramen 38%) 2 (2 foramina 38%)
6
2 (1 foramen 37%)
2 (2 foramina 25%) Distal Canal
1 (70%)
2 (28.9%)
Mesial Canal
Figure 1. Pulp Location. (a) Centrality: the pulp 1 (1 foramen 13%)
(X) is found in the middle of the tooth at the level
2 (1 foramen 49%)
of the CEJ (---). (b) Concentricity: the walls of the Mesio-buccal root
2 (2 foramina 38%)
pulp (---) are concentric with the outer perimeter 1 (1 foramen 63%)
of the tooth.
7
2 (1 foramen 13%)
Distal Canal
2 (2 foramina 24%)
1 (1 foramen 92%)
2 (1 foramen 5%)
2 (2 foramina 3%)
remnants whilst protecting the pulpal floor.
The DG16 probe remains invaluable in fine Table 1. Differing teeth and the number of canals one may expect to find.3
exploration of the pulp chamber and canal
system. It is essential to remove the entire
roof of the pulp chamber.
Law of colour change: the pulp chamber shape, but the other rules may be applied.
Once in the pulp chamber,
floor is always darker than the walls. For maxillary molars, do not access distal
canals must be identified. To locate the
Law of orifice location 1: located at the to the oblique ridge, and expect to find
canals, further laws have been proposed1
junction of walls and floor. the canals central to the cusp tips (Figures
(Figure 2). It is important to note that these
Law of orifice location 2: located at 4 and 5). Maxillary second molars tend to
‘laws’ should only be used as a guide to
angles in the floor-wall junction. have a more ovoid pulp chamber extending
access and do not apply to upper first and
Law of orifice location 3: located at the from mesio-buccal to palatal rather than the
second molars: terminus of the developmental fusion more triangular appearance on the floor of
Laws of symmetry: orifices are lines. the maxillary first molar.
equidistant from and perpendicular to Diamond-coated ultrasonic
a line drawn in a mesio-distal direction tips can be useful in removing dentine to
through the pulp chamber floor. If a facilitate canal access (Figure 3). It is also
Anatomy
canal is found on this conceptual line good practice to have smaller stainless Studies of extracted teeth reveal
there is unlikely to be a second canal in steel K-files available, including finer ISO 06 the anatomy of the pulpal system to be
that root. Conversely, if there is a canal and ISO 08 sizes. With these instruments, complex (Figure 6). Vertucci classified eight
lingual to that line there is most likely a blockages and sclerosed regions may be basic formations of canal structure (Figure
second canal, at a similar distance and successfully instrumented. Unfortunately, 7).2 Rather than remember a complex
perpendicular to that line, in the buccal the rules of symmetry do not apply to categorization, it is often easier to describe
aspect of the root. maxillary molars, which are asymmetrical in the canal system in numeric terms: a canal
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Figure 5. The search for MB2 begins by dropping an imaginary line from the DB canal perpendicular
to a line connecting MB1 and P canals. The opening is usually covered by a lip of dentine. X marks the
spot!
a–c
Two-visit strategy
The root canal system is
complex.2 Accessory and lateral canals are
common in all teeth.2,13 Canals may have
isthmuses, fins and ramifications. Apically
there may be multiple branches forming
the apical delta. As a result, complete
mechanical cleaning of the root canal Figure 8. (a, b) Double lamina dura UL4 RR suggestive of second canal. This was confirmed intra-
system is impossible. Furthermore, studies operatively.
have demonstrated persistent bacterial a b c
presence in root canals after cleaning and
shaping.12,14 The use of inter-appointment
dressings, such as calcium hydroxide, may
help eradication of residual bacteria and has
been proposed as an important step in the
chemo-mechanical disinfection of the canal
system.15 Thus, a two-visit approach has
significant theoretical and practical benefits.
Should a two-visit strategy
be chosen, the practitioner should aim
for complete mechanical preparation on
visit one followed by the placement of an
intracanal medicament and final chemical
lavage and obturation at visit two around
5−7 days later.16
Figure 9 (a) Persist periapical pathology following RCT. (b) A sagittal view CBCT reveals the presence of
Single-visit strategy
a second lingual canal. (c) Healing following re-treatment including the second canal.
A negative bacterial culture
before obturation is not always predictive of
success and complete bacterial eradication
is not possible. One could go to great
non-infected teeth, single visit treatment
lengths with a multi-visit approach and
should be practised wherever possible:
not improve the outcome.12,14,17 Intracanal
bacterial eradication is not necessary and
medicaments are only beneficial when in
multiple visits may increase the likelihood
contact with bacteria, and this may not
of bacterial contamination. If there is pre-
occur if they are not introduced throughout
existing infection and frank periapical
the canal system. Thus calcium hydroxide
change, the clinician must be aware that
may not sterilize the canal and bacterial
a more robust disinfection is required.
colonies may persist.15,18 Multiple visits
Thus it is up to the operator to decide, in
necessitate more appointments which
conjunction with the patient, what strategy
demands greater time from the patient,
is better considering time, cost, personal
greater cost and more dental exposure than
experience, disease type and presentation.
many patients would want. Furthermore,
Figure 10. Radix entomolaris (arrowed) on an Complex re-treatments and teeth with
the placement of a temporary restoration
extracted lower first molar. complex anatomy may necessitate more
may act as a portal of entry for bacteria
time than a single visit would allow and, in
between visits, thus negating any benefit.
these instances, a multiple-visit approach
It has been suggested that immediate
may be essential.
obturation entombs any remaining bacteria suggests that there is no difference in
and ensures that a good coronal seal success between single and multiple visit
is established immediately, preventing strategies (Table 2).20-23 Clinical scenarios Temporization
recolonization and improving success.19 do remain when it is logical to follow a Should one elect for a multiple-
The evidence, however, defined strategy. In previously vital or visit strategy it is clearly essential that
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