A STUDY ON THE ANATOMY OF THE PULP CHAMBER FLOOR OF THE PERMANENT MAXILLARY SECOND MOLAR

상악(上顎) 제이대구치(第二大臼齒) 치수저(齒髓底)의 해부학적(解剖學的) 고찰(考察)

A total of 130 extracted human maxillary second molars were used to study the configuration of the floor of the pulp chamber. The specimens were ground and the pulp chamber was examined with a magnifier and explored with sharp explorer. The study showed the shape of the pulp chamber, number of root canals, and the type of canal orifice. The results were as follows; 1. In so far as observing the shape of the pulp chamber of the teeth, 16.9% of the teeth were quadrilateral, 70.0% were triangle and 13.1% were ovoid shape. 2. 13.1% of the specimens have 4 root canal orifices. 73.9% have 3 root canal orifices, 11.5% have 2 root canal orifices and 1.5% have single orifice. 3. 13.1% of the specimens have 2 mesio-buccal canal orifices and among the teeth those have 3 canals, 20.8% show 'Y' shape, 29.1% show straight line and 23.8% show obtuse triangle shape.