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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2014, vol. 20, issue 3
Subject Collection: Oral and Dental Medicine
Pages: 529-532
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2014203.529
Published online: 02 July 2014
J of IMAB 2014 Jul-Sep;20(3):529-532
UNUSUAL CASE OF A MAXILLARY FIRST INCISOR WITH TWO ROOT CANALS.
Janet Kirilova1 
, Snezhanka Topalova-Pirinska1, Elitsa G. Deliverska2.
1) Department of Conservative Dentistry, 2) Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Maxillary central incisors usually have one root with one root canal. The cases with two root canals are extremely rare.
Purpose: The aim was to present an unusual case of a maxillary first incisor with two root canals and the methods of treatment.
Material and methods: The 48-year old patient had a painful swelling above the first maxillary incisor. The diagnosis was Periodontitis chronica granulomatosa diffusa exacerbata. After exploration of the pulp chamber, the inspection with an operating microscope was found two root canals. The lesion was covered to periapical and the part of marginal periodontium. The decision was taken of combined endodontic and surgery treatment.
Results and discussion: After 7-year follow-up, there was a healing of the lesions and no recurrence.
Conclusions: The combined endodontic and surgery treatment was successful choice for preservation of the tooth.
Key words: maxillary first incisor, two root canals,
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Kirilova J, Topalova-Pirinska S, Deliverska EG. Unusual case of a maxillary first incisor with two root canals. J of IMAB. 2014 Jul-Sep;20(3):529-532. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2014203.529.
Correspondence to: Dr. Janet Kirilova, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia; 1, St. George Sofiiski Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail: janetkirilova@gmail.com
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Received: 10 April 2014
Published online: 02 July 2014