title: Tailor-made endodontic obturator for the management of Blunderbuss canal.
abstract: The complex anatomy of the blunderbuss root canal often poses a major challenge to accomplish adequate obturation for a biological seal. Moreover, the roll-cone, Gutta-percha obturation technique, which is routinely practiced, also results in a mismatch and failure to configure to the canal volume in the absence of an apical barrier. Hence, an attempt has been made to tailor-make a heat polymerized polymethyl methacrylate resin as an endodontic obturator, to match the canal volume, which has been ascertained by Spiral computed tomography and mathematical integration. A one-year follow-up examination has revealed that the tooth is asymptomatic, with the repair of the lesion evident radiographically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sri Sai Dental College and Hospital, Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Smitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Vg
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sukumaran
authors.forename: Narasimha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bharadwaj