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<p>The interradicular septum describes area in the root furcation that separate alveoli of multi-rooted teeth. The shape and dimension depend of the topography of the extraction socket, the geometry of residual root and anatomy of molars alveoli. The clinical implications of this anatomic structure may be used in oral surgery resection procedures, periodontology and implantology. There is an opinion from the surgical and prosthodontic side that center of interradicular septum may be adequate place for immediate implantation. The aim of this study was to investigate morphological characteristics and clinical implications of upper molars interradicular septum. The studies showed that interradicular septum is important for success of resection surgery procedures: hemi-section, bisection and root amputation. It’s reported that furcation involvement in periodontal disease is clinical sign for severe bone loss. By reviewing the available literature for immediate implantation, it’s reported the clinical implications for diagnostical plan (pre-intervention), presurgical (pre-instrumentation) and intraoperative evaluation of interradicular septum for immediate implantation. The cone beam computed tomography analyze study presented mean values of septum height and wide for hypothetical plan of immediate implant placement. The presurgical studies evaluate how to assure preservation of septum and safe implant position in center of septum. The research showed varies therapy modalities that can be used, and how to choose right therapy according the socket type and initial septum width classification. According to observation of studies results, other researches should be considered for CBCT anatomical structure analyze and measures of interradicular septum for immediate implantation planning.</p>
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The interradicular septum describes area in the root furcation that separate alveoli of multi-rooted teeth. The shape and dimension depend of the topography of the extraction socket, the geometry of residual root and anatomy of molars alveoli. The clinical implications of this anatomic structure may be used in oral surgery resection procedures, periodontology and implantology. There is an opinion from the surgical and prosthodontic side that center of interradicular septum may be adequate place for immediate implantation. The aim of this study was to investigate morphological characteristics and clinical implications of upper molars interradicular septum. The studies showed that interradicular septum is important for success of resection surgery procedures: hemi-section, bisection and root amputation. It’s reported that furcation involvement in periodontal disease is clinical sign for severe bone loss. By reviewing the available literature for immediate implantation, it’s reported the clinical implications for diagnostical plan (pre-intervention), presurgical (pre-instrumentation) and intraoperative evaluation of interradicular septum for immediate implantation. The cone beam computed tomography analyze study presented mean values of septum height and wide for hypothetical plan of immediate implant placement. The presurgical studies evaluate how to assure preservation of septum and safe implant position in center of septum. The research showed varies therapy modalities that can be used, and how to choose right therapy according the socket type and initial septum width classification. According to observation of studies results, other researches should be considered for CBCT anatomical structure analyze and measures of interradicular septum for immediate implantation planning.

Morphological Characteristics of Maxillary Molars Interradicular Septum and Clinical Implications -What Do We Know So Far?

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Dentistry

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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The interradicular septum describes area in the root furcation that separate alveoli of multi-rooted teeth. The shape and dimension depend of the topography of...

Morphological Characteristics of Maxillary Molars Interradicular Septum and Clinical Implications -What Do We Know So Far?

Publié en ligne: 11 avr. 2022

Pages: -

Reçu: 24 févr. 2022

Accepté: 12 mars 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0014

Mots clés
interradicular septum, maxillary molars, clinical implication, immediate implantation, cone beam computed tomography-CBCT

© 2022 Zlata Rajkovic Pavlovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Morphological Characteristics of Maxillary Molars Interradicular Septum and Clinical Implications -What Do We Know So Far?

Publié en ligne: 11 avr. 2022

Pages: -

Reçu: 24 févr. 2022

Accepté: 12 mars 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0014

Mots clésinterradicular septum, maxillary molars, clinical implication, immediate implantation, cone beam computed tomography-CBCT

© 2022 Zlata Rajkovic Pavlovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
interradicular septum, maxillary molars, clinical implication, immediate implantation, cone beam computed tomography-CBCT