A STUDY ON THE ANAOMY OF THE PULP CHAMBER FLOOR OF THE PERMANENT MAXILLARY FIRST MOLAR

상악(上顎) 제일대구치(第一大臼齒) 치수저(齒髓底)의 해부학적(解剖學的) 고찰(考察)

A total of 125 extracted maxillary first 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 magnifying glass and explored with sharp explorer. The study showed the shape of the pulp chamber, number of root canals, and type of canal orifice. The results were as follows; 1. In so far as observing the shape of the pulp chamber of the teeth, 50.4% of the teeth were trapezoid, 20.8% were inverted trapezoid, 18.4% were rectangle and 10.4% were triangle shape. 2. 71.2% of the specimens have 3 root canal orifices, and 28.8% have 4 root canal orifices. 3. 71.2% of the specimens have 1 mesiobuccal canal orifice, 23.2% have 2 mesio-buccal canal orifices joined by a groove, and 5.6% have 2 mesio-buccal canal orifices seperated each other.