Extra root?




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From: Jerry Avillion
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 02 14
Subject:extra root?

2nd premolar.   What's that on the distal?  At first, I thought it may be another root,
but I could never find an orifice.

Jerry Avillion
Fort Smith, Ark.
MCV '84, MCV Endo '86













From: Yosef Nahmias
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 03 38
Subject:extra root?

Jerry! Great case! As usual! Please, can you tell us step by step
how you obturate the canals! (and maybe you can send it to Julian
for publication!) I thought you were using Sys B until NO!
It was great meeting you!



From: Molar Del Sud (Ace Dentura)
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 08 57
Subject: extra root?

Looks like a convolution of the sinus floor.....



From: Jerry Avillion
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 20 10
Subject:extra root?

1. Cone fit (same as with system B), I use autofit GP.
2. Coat the cone with sealer (just like system B)
3. Sear off the cone at or a little below the orifice with hot plugger.
4. Microseal condensor to within 2-5 mm of WL
   (the depth of the condensor depends on the individual canal)
5. Cold plugger and push on the softened mass.

I call it the System A.  (It's one letter grade better than the system B)  ;)

Jerry Avillion
Fort Smith, Ark.
MCV '84, MCV Endo '86


From: Ray van der Werf 
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 07 18
Subject:extra root?

jerry, it almost appears that I can make out a third pdl apical to the other two
roots. Do you have a third canal?



From: John Coetsee
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 01 17
Subject: extra root?

It seems like a "apical furcation defect". The form of the root
(especially the palatal aspect behaves in such a manner that stagnation and enhanced
peri-apical resorbtion can occur. IMHO morphology both internal and external
(coronal and apical are quite important. regards - John Coetsee


From: Jerry Avillion
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 23 36

Maybe, but I couldn't find an orifice to it.