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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Dentistry">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Dentistry</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2676-296X</Issn>
      <Volume>1</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2004</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Study of the Internal Anatomy of the Mandibular Incisor Teeth</title>
    <FirstPage>43</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>47</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName></FirstName>
        <LastName>K. Ashofteh Yazdi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US"></affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName></FirstName>
        <LastName>A. Jafari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US"></affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>03</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Statement of Problem: Knowledge of internal anatomy of tooth plays an important role in a successful endodontics treatment. For a proper endodontic treatment, it is not only important to know the form of normal anatomy of tooth&#x2019;s interior but one must also be acquainted with the  possible diverse forms.
Purpose: A thorough understanding of the internal anatomy of human mandibular incisors (central and lateral).
Materials and Methods: A total of 205 central and lateral mandibular incisors that had healthy roots were selected and put in 10% formalin solution. After cleaning the samples with the help of brushes and other devices, they were kept in 5% sodium hypochlorite  solution. Finally the roots were cleaned and the samples were prepared for next stages. Three methods were used, coloring (fushin1%, radiography (buccolingual and proximal sides), and cross-sectioning (cervical- middle-apical). 
Results: The result indicated that: 
- 88%of the teeth had a single canal and one apical foramen;
- 8% of the teeth had a single canal and two apical foramena;
- 3.5% of the teeth had two canals and one apical foramen;
- 0.5% of the teeth had two canals and two apical foramena;
Conclusion:A thorough understanding of the pulp morphology is essential for successful treatment of root canal. Therefore, a dentist should always be on the watch for the existence of two canals or a two-branched canal while working on the mandibular incisor teeth. it is essential to have the necessary precision in finding the second canal.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fid.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fid/article/view/39</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fid.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fid/article/download/39/39</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
