Evaluation of Root Canal Morphology of Maxillary 2ndPremolars Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Chennai Population

Abstract

Background: Using the CBCT, this technique has the ability to identify the root canal morphology asdetailed as using the root canal staining and other clearing techniques that in the past have been of highervalue to the other conventional techniques that can be implemented to give a three-dimensional perspectiveof the complete morphological details. With this, analysing the variation in root canal morphology of humanmaxillary second premolar between different gender in Chennai population can be done.Methods:One hundred Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images from different patients areselected randomly from Department of Oral Radiology of Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, India.All the CBCT images of patients are examined for the inclusion criteria in maxillary second premolarsbetween different genders based on Vertucci classification. All root canal configurations of maxillary secondpremolars between different genders are investigated and compared withVertucci Classification.Conclusion: Of all the 100 maxillary second premolars, the most common type of canal configuration forboth the genders is Type I (41%), Type III (22%), and Type V (22%). In females, the most common type ofcanal configuration discovered is Type I (35%), Type III (63.6%) and Type V (83.3%). In males, the mostcommon type of canal configuration determined is Type I (65%) and Type III (36.4%).