Table 3. Distribution of canal types in maxillary first and second molars according to Vertucci’s classification.
|
Type I (1)
(n), % |
Type II (2-1)
(n), % |
Type III (1-2-1)
(n), % |
Type IV (2)
(n), % |
Type VI (1-2-1-2)
(n), % |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
First molar
(n=642) |
#16
(n=327) |
(n=123) 37.61% |
(n=192) 58.71% |
(n=3) 0.92% |
(n=9) 2.75% |
0 | |
|
#26
(n=315) |
(n=114) 36.2% |
(n=189) 60% |
(n=6) 1.90% |
(n=6) 1.90% |
0 | ||
| Total | (n=237) | (n=381) | (n=9) | (n=15) | 0 | ||
| 37.08% | 59.62% | 1.41% | 2.32% | - | |||
|
Second molar
(n=609) |
#17
(n=315) |
(n=201) 63.8% |
(n=111) 35.2% |
0 | (n=3) 1% |
0 | |
|
#27
(n=294) |
(n=183) 61.60% |
(n=99) 33.35% |
(n=3) 1.01% |
(n=6) 2.04% |
(n=3) 1.01% |
||
| Total | (n=384) | (n=210) | (n=3) | (n=9) | (n=3) | ||
| 63.05% | 34.48% | 0.49% | 1.47% | 0.49% | |||