Location and dimensions of access cavity in permanent incisors, canines, and premolars
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Auteurs : Jana Krapež [Slovénie] ; Aleš Fidler [Slovénie]Source :
- Journal of Conservative Dentistry : JCD [ 0972-0707 ] ; 2013.
Abstract
Ideal access cavity assures unobstructed straight-line access to the apical third of the root canal and preserves tooth structure.
The aim of the study was to determine the location and dimensions of access cavity with straight-line access in incisors, canines, and premolars and to evaluate the largest diameter of their root canals in the mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction.
Twenty extracted teeth of each group were randomly selected and digitally radiographed from the mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction. Position of the straight-line access midline in relation to anatomical landmarks (incisal edges, fissures, and cusps) was recorded. The largest diameters in mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction were measured. Relative frequencies of access position and mean and standard deviation of both diameters were calculated.
For the anterior teeth, the predominant location of straight-line access was from incisal edge, except for maxillary central incisors, where location was equally distributed between incisal edge and oral surface. In mandibular premolars, the straight-line access was positioned vestibular from central fissure. In mesiodistal direction, the largest diameter was found for maxillary central incisors and canines (1.54 mm), while the smallest diameter was found for mandibular incisors (0.64 mm). In vestibulooral direction, the largest diameter was found for maxillary first premolar (5.28 mm), while the smallest diameter was found for maxillary lateral incisor (1.39 mm).
Knowledge of location and size of access cavity facilitates achieving balance between straight-line access to the apical third of the root canal and preservation of tooth structure.
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Position of the straight-line access midline in relation to anatomical landmarks (incisal edges, fissures, and cusps) was recorded. The largest diameters in mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction were measured. Relative frequencies of access position and mean and standard deviation of both diameters were calculated.</p></sec><sec id="st4"><title>Results:</title><p>For the anterior teeth, the predominant location of straight-line access was from incisal edge, except for maxillary central incisors, where location was equally distributed between incisal edge and oral surface. In mandibular premolars, the straight-line access was positioned vestibular from central fissure. In mesiodistal direction, the largest diameter was found for maxillary central incisors and canines (1.54 mm), while the smallest diameter was found for mandibular incisors (0.64 mm). 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Conserv Dent</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">J Conserv Dent</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JCD</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Conservative Dentistry : JCD</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0972-0707</issn><issn pub-type="epub">0974-5203</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd</publisher-name><publisher-loc>India</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">24082567</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3778620</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JCD-16-404</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4103/0972-0707.117491</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Location and dimensions of access cavity in permanent incisors, canines, and premolars</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Krapež</surname><given-names>Jana</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Fidler</surname><given-names>Aleš</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1">Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Hrvatski trg 6, Ljubljana, Slovenia</aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1"><bold>Address for correspondence:</bold> Dr. Aleš Fidler, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Hrvatski trg 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: <email xlink:href="ales.fidler@mf.uni-lj.si">ales.fidler@mf.uni-lj.si</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><season>Sep-Oct</season><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>404</fpage><lpage>407</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>13</day><month>12</month><year>2012</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>28</day><month>1</month><year>2013</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>19</day><month>5</month><year>2013</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright: © Journal of Conservative Dentistry</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2013</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><sec id="st1"><title>Background:</title><p>Ideal access cavity assures unobstructed straight-line access to the apical third of the root canal and preserves tooth structure.</p></sec><sec id="st2"><title>Aim:</title><p>The aim of the study was to determine the location and dimensions of access cavity with straight-line access in incisors, canines, and premolars and to evaluate the largest diameter of their root canals in the mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction.</p></sec><sec id="st3"><title>Materials and Methods:</title><p>Twenty extracted teeth of each group were randomly selected and digitally radiographed from the mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction. Position of the straight-line access midline in relation to anatomical landmarks (incisal edges, fissures, and cusps) was recorded. The largest diameters in mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction were measured. Relative frequencies of access position and mean and standard deviation of both diameters were calculated.</p></sec><sec id="st4"><title>Results:</title><p>For the anterior teeth, the predominant location of straight-line access was from incisal edge, except for maxillary central incisors, where location was equally distributed between incisal edge and oral surface. In mandibular premolars, the straight-line access was positioned vestibular from central fissure. In mesiodistal direction, the largest diameter was found for maxillary central incisors and canines (1.54 mm), while the smallest diameter was found for mandibular incisors (0.64 mm). In vestibulooral direction, the largest diameter was found for maxillary first premolar (5.28 mm), while the smallest diameter was found for maxillary lateral incisor (1.39 mm).</p></sec><sec id="st5"><title>Conclusions:</title><p>Knowledge of location and size of access cavity facilitates achieving balance between straight-line access to the apical third of the root canal and preservation of tooth structure.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Bicuspid</kwd><kwd>canine</kwd><kwd>computer-assisted</kwd><kwd>cuspid</kwd><kwd>dental pulp cavity</kwd><kwd>incisor</kwd><kwd>image processing</kwd><kwd>premolar</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="sec1-1"><title>INTRODUCTION</title><p>Access cavity preparation is the first step in a series of procedures in endodontic treatment and as such particularly important because it affects all subsequent procedures and finally the outcome. An appropriately designed access cavity assures unobstructed straight-line access to the apical third of the root canal.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>] Such an access is important for both manual and rotary instrumentation of the root canals as it increases shaping and cleaning efficiency and reduces the risk of procedural errors. While too large access cavity unnecessarily weakens the tooth, which can lead to crown or root fracture, too small or incorrectly shaped access cavity impedes proper instrumentation of root canal.</p><p>In anterior teeth straight-line access is achieved through a cavity, made on incisal edge or even labial surface of the tooth as it was reported in previous studies on access cavity.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3">3</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref5">5</xref>] Premolars have not been studied so extensively, as there is only one study dealing with mandibular premolars,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6">6</xref>] reporting that access should be positioned buccaly from central fissure. The location and design of access cavity also has the effect on degree and distribution of instrumented root canal surface.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref7">7</xref>] Additionally, the location of access cavity affects the resistance to fracture.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref8">8</xref>] Location of access cavity in anterior teeth determines the amount of preserved dentin in the cingulum area, which is important for the ferrule effect.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref9">9</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref10">10</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref11">11</xref>] In premolars, the loss of cusps or marginal ridges increases the long-term risk for tooth fracture.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref9">9</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref11">11</xref>] Therefore, the access cavity preparation requires the precise balance between providing adequate access for endodontic therapy on one side and on the other side preservation of tooth structure, important for restorability and long-term survival of the tooth. In the present literature, both location and dimension of access cavity are proposed for mandibular premolars only,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6">6</xref>] while other studies reported data only for location of access cavity in anterior teeth.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3">3</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref5">5</xref>]</p><p>The aim of the study was to determine the location and dimensions of access cavity with straight-line access in incisors, canines, and premolars and to evaluate the largest diameter of their root canals in the mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction.</p></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods" id="sec1-2"><title>MATERIALS AND METHODS</title><p>From a pool of extracted human teeth, 20 samples of each of the following tooth types were randomly selected: Maxillary central incisor, maxillary lateral incisor, maxillary canine, maxillary first premolar, maxillary second premolar, mandibular incisor, mandibular canine, mandibular first premolar, and mandibular second premolar, in total 180 teeth. Due to similar anatomic features, central and lateral mandibular incisors were analysed as one group. Patient were Caucasian race, the age, gender, and general health of patients were unknown. Teeth with restorations, root-canal treatment, or caries reaching the pulp chamber were excluded. An optical bench was constructed to maintain projection geometry between X-ray unit tube, teeth holder, and storage phosphor plate holder. The teeth were placed on a plastic holder with a 5-mm wide metallic reference object and radiographed from the mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction with intraoral X-ray unit (Planmeca Prostyle Intra, Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland) at 70 kV and exposure time of 0.20 s. Images were acquired with storage phosphor plate system (Digora Fmx Soredex, Soredex, Tuusula, Finland) and exported in bitmap format.</p><p>In computer software (MS Office PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft, Washington, USA), the following reference points were marked: Incisal edge for the anterior teeth; buccal and oral cusp tip and the lowest point of the central fissure system for the premolars. Position of straight-line access midline in the incisor and canine images was determined on the mesiodistal radiographs as it was described previously.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref>] The root canal was divided into cervical, middle, and apical third, the midpoint between the vestibular and oral wall at the junction of the middle and apical third and the junction of the coronal and the middle third of the root canal was marked. A midline line was drawn connecting the midpoints and extending in incisal direction. The point, at which the line crossed the external crown surface, was recorded as vestibular, incisal, or oral. This represented the center point where ideal access should be made to obtain straight-line access to the apical third of the root canal [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1a</xref>].[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref>] Similarly, in the maxillary premolar images the center point was determined in relation to cusp tips [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1b</xref>] and in mandibular premolars the center point was determined in relation to central fissure system [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1c</xref>]. Finally, images with marked reference points were exported in BMP format and imported in image analysis software (Image Tool 3.0, Department of Dental Diagnostic Science at The University of Texas Health Science Centre, San Antonio, Texas, USA), calibrated with 5 mm metallic reference object. The largest diameter of the root canal in mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction was determined for each tooth. Relative frequencies of access location as well as mean, standard deviation, and 95% confidence interval (CI) of both diameters were calculated for each tooth type with SigmaStat for Windows version 2.03 (Aspire Software International, Ashburn, USA).</p><fig id="F1" position="float"><label>Figure 1</label><caption><p>Straight-line access determination in: (a) Incisors, canines, (b) maxillary premolars, and (c) mandibular premolars. The root canal is divided into cervical, middle, and apical third. Straight-line to the apical third of the canal is represented with dashed line</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JCD-16-404-g001"></graphic></fig></sec><sec sec-type="results" id="sec1-3"><title>RESULTS</title><p>For the anterior teeth, the predominant location of straight-line access was from incisal edge, except for maxillary central incisors, where location was equally distributed between incisal edge and oral surface [<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>]. For maxillary premolars, the location of straight-line was always between the cusp tips [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. For mandibular premolars, the location of straight-line access was always buccaly from central fissure [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>]. The shape of access cavity was round in maxillary central and lateral incisors. For other teeth, the shape of access cavity was oval; however, the ratio between mesiodistal and vestibulooral canal diameter varied considerably [<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>]. For clinical application, location and 95% CI of size of access cavity was calculated and superimposed on occlusal photography of maxillary and mandibular teeth [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>].</p><table-wrap id="T1" position="float"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Location of straight-line access in incisors and canines</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JCD-16-404-g002"></graphic></table-wrap><fig id="F2" position="float"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>Size and location of access cavities in maxillary and mandibular teeth marked in photograph. Size of access cavities represent upper limit of 95% confidence interval (mean + two standard deviations)</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JCD-16-404-g003"></graphic></fig><table-wrap id="T2" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>The mean and standard deviation of largest canal diameter in mesiodistal and vestibulooral direction</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JCD-16-404-g004"></graphic></table-wrap></sec><sec sec-type="discussion" id="sec1-4"><title>DISCUSSION</title><p>The results of our study showed that in majority of anterior teeth straight-line access was gained through incisal edge or vestibular surface. The exception was maxillary central incisor, in which the access location of access was equally distributed between incisal edge and incisal half of oral surface. It should emphasized that in no single occasion the access cavity was projected through the gingival half of oral surface, which in most often used clinically. The methodology used in the study[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref>] determines straight-line access projected from middle third instead of whole length of the canal, utilized in previous studies.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>] Such approach is clinically more relevant, as it assures straight-line access to apical third, while apical curvature is usually preserved by flexibility of nickel-titanium instruments. As apical curvature was not included in such evaluation, the access cavity was positioned more centrally, preserving more tooth substance. Results of our study confirmed the results of studies, reporting the location of access cavity in maxillary lateral incisors,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>] maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>] mandibular incisors,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref>] and mandibular premolars.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6">6</xref>] The location of access cavity in maxillary premolars has not been reported previously. Analysis of premolars revealed that in maxillary premolars the straight-line access was positioned between the cusp tips and in mandibular premolars, it is positioned buccaly from central fissure.</p><p>Beside assessment of access location in vestibulooral direction, our study proposed the size of access cavity determined as maximal diameters of root canal in both mesiodistal and vestibulooral directions. There is only one published study, evaluating largest canal diameter.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6">6</xref>] It evaluated canal width of mandibular premolars in mesiodistal direction and found that width of the canals was less than 1.4 mm in most cases, what is in accordance of our study. In other words, present study revealed that there is no need to extent the access cavity into the marginal ridges of premolars or into the lingual cusp in mandibular premolars.</p><p>The traditional lingual approach in anterior teeth was used as a compromise between esthetical and endodontic requirements. The development in restorative dentistry and adhesive systems makes the restoration of access cavity on incisal edge or buccal surface feasible, and it should be of no concern in today's dentistry. This is the first paper, reporting diameters together with location of straight-line access. The graphic presentation of ovals, representing 95% CI of root canal diameters on photography of the dental arch enhance visualization of appropriately positioned and sized access [<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>]. It should be emphasized that this could only serve as a guideline, as there are numerous cases demonstrating anatomic variations not only in complex teeth as molars, but also in incisors,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref12">12</xref>] canines,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref13">13</xref>] and premolars[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref14">14</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref15">15</xref>] which are usually considered as teeth with less complicated anatomy. Exact size and location, especially in complex cases, should therefore be always evaluated from periapical radiographs or cone beam computed tomography scan.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref16">16</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref17">17</xref>]</p><p>The results of our study showed that the size of access preparation could be relatively small, as it was determined by the diameter and shape and direction of the root canal. The benefit of the operating microscope during has been demonstrated even among undergraduate students.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref18">18</xref>] The rapid technology development in dental education enables training of access cavity preparation on haptic virtual reality simulator using microcomputed tomography tooth models resulting in reduction of procedural errors in endodontic access preparation.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref19">19</xref>] Regardless of technology development, the knowledge of anatomy and core concepts are prerequisites for proper education.</p></sec><sec sec-type="conclusion" id="sec1-5"><title>CONCLUSION</title><p>Results of this study do not support the traditional lingual access cavity preparation in anterior teeth, except in maxillary central incisors, described in most endodontic textbooks, which have remained unchanged for several decades. Additionally, such approach neglects the importance of ferrule effect and increase risk of tooth fractures. 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