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Table 2 Incidence of different root canal morphologies of mandibular anterior

From: Vertucci’s root canal configuration of 11,376 mandibular anteriors and its relationship with distolingual roots in mandibular first molars in a Cantonese population: a cone-beam computed tomography study

Vertucci’s classification

Number of specimens n(%)

33

32

31

41

42

43

Type I(1-1)

1750

(92.30%)

1312

(69.20%)

1754

(92.51%)

1750

(92.30%)

1308

(68.99%)

1756

(92.62%)

Type II(2-1)

2

(0.11%)

6

(0.32%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

6

(0.32%)

0

(0.00%)

Type III(1-2-1)

124

(6.54%)

554

(29.22%)

136

(7.17%)

140

(7.38%)

554

(29.22%)

129

(6.80%)

Type IV(2-2)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

2

(0.11%)

0

(0.00%)

Type V(1-2)

16

(0.84%)

24

(1.27%)

6

(0.32%)

6

(0.32%)

26

(1.37%)

8

(0.42%)

Type VI(2-1-2)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

Type VII(1-2-1-2)

2

(0.11%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

Type VIII (3-3)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

Type XVIII (2-1-2-1)

2

(0.11%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

2

(0.11%)

Type 1431-2-3-1

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

0

(0.00%)

1

(0.05%)

Total

1896

1896

1896

1896

1896

1896

  1. Type 1431-2-3-1 was an additional type; 31, left mandibular central incisor; 41, right mandibular central incisor; 32, left mandibular lateral incisor; 42, right mandibular lateral incisor; 33, left mandibular canine; 43, right mandibular canine