Authors
Wu-Chul Song, Dong-In Jo, Jeong-Yong Lee, Jeong-Nam Kim, Mi-Sun Hur, Kyung-Seok Hu, Hee-Jin Kim, Chuog Shin, Ki-Seok Koh
Publication date
2009/10/1
Journal
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
Volume
108
Issue
4
Pages
583-590
Publisher
Mosby
Description
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate the general structure of the incisive canal (IC) using 3-dimensional reconstruction and to classify into various types according to several criteria.
STUDY DESIGN
The materials used in the study were 56 anterior maxillae harvested from human cadavers. The specimens were scanned with microscopic computerized tomography (microCT), and the resulting microCT images were reconstructed in 3 dimensions.
RESULTS
Many ICs had 1 foramen inferiorly and 2 foramina superiorly, and the separating level was just beneath the nasal floor. The middle part of the IC was not always a single hollow canal. Single-channel, 2-channel, 3-channel, and even 4-channel ICs were observed. The ICs were classified into 4 types according to the lateral shape of the canal: vertical-straight, vertical-curved, slanted-straight, and slanted-curved.
CONCLUSIONS
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