Friday 3 June 2011

MELTON"S classification of "C" shaped canals

Category I: continuous C-shaped canal running from the pulp chamber to the apex defines a C-shaped outline without any separation.

Category II: the semicolon-shaped (;) orifice in which dentine separates a main C-shaped canal from one mesial distinct canal.

Category Ill: refers to those with two or more discrete and separate canals: subdivision I, C-shaped orifice in the coronal third that divides into two or more discrete and separate canals that join apically; subdivision II, C-shaped orifice in the coronal third that divides into two or more discrete and separate canals in the midroot to the apex; and subdivision III, C-shaped orifice that divides into two or more discrete and separate canals in the coronal third to the apex .
                                                 REF: JOE — Volume 33, Number 5, May 2007

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