https://doi.org/10.32067/GIE.2020.34.01.02

Use of dynamic navigation for a minimal invasive finding of root canals: a technical note

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2020)
Submitted: 11 November 2019
Accepted: 28 January 2020
Published: 4 June 2020
cone beam computer tomography, dynamic navigation, Endodontics training, minimal invasive endodontics, pulp chamber
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Authors

Chiara Pirani
School of Dentistry, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy.
Andrea Spinelli
andrea.spinelli648@gmail.com
School of Dentistry, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Claudio Marchetti
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Maxillofaccial Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy.
Maria Giovanna Gandolfi
School of Dentistry, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy.
Fausto Zamparini
School of Dentistry, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Carlo Prati
School of Dentistry, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy.
Gerardo Pellegrino
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Maxillofaccial Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy.

Aim: the aim of this technical note was to evaluate the potential application of dynamic navigation for a minimally invasive finding of the root canal. 

Methodology: extracted human teeth were fixed into a prefabricated phantom model in place of the correspondent teeth and pre-operatively scanned with the marker plate containing the fiducial markers with a cone beam computed tomography, imported on the ImplaNav software (ImplaNav, BresMedical, Sydney, Australia) and  obtaining a 3D reconstruction. Open access cavity was performed with a diamond bur in using real-time navigation. This procedure was aimed to directly identify the pulp horns and the root canal entrances with a unique hole for each canal.

Results: all access cavities were prepared according to a minimally invasive endodontics approach with the dynamically guided ImplaNav software. No perforations occurred and all the canals were successfully located. 

Conclusions: our results demonstrated a possible application of this technology in minimal finding of root canals. This protocol may have potentialities in teaching dental students to start their approach in endodontic field.

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Pirani, C., Spinelli, A., Marchetti, C. ., Gandolfi, M. G., Zamparini, F., Prati, C., & Pellegrino, G. (2020). Use of dynamic navigation for a minimal invasive finding of root canals: a technical note. Giornale Italiano Di Endodonzia, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.32067/GIE.2020.34.01.02

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