PULP CAVITIES

Anatomy
 Pulp tissue
 Pulp cavity
 Pulp chamber
 Pulp canals
 Pulp horns
 Lateral (Accessory) canals
 Apical foramen
 Supplementary canals
Changes in the pulp cavity with age
 Reduced size
 Pulp horns become blunted
 Change in position of apical constriction
 Functions
 Formation of dentin
 Nutrition
 Sensation
 Defense and protection
 Maxillary Central Incisors
Pointed on
Wider
the incisal
mesiodistally
than
labiolingually

Small hump
on the
lingual
With 3
pulp horns
Triangular but
Tapers becomes
evenly to circular with
the apical age
 Maxillary Lateral Incisor
 Similar with centrals
but smaller
 With 2 pulp horns
 Rounded cervical
section
 Mandibular Incisors
 Wider faciolingually
 Outline is similar to
maxi central
 Normally 1 canal
 Widest at cervical and
remains wide until the
midroot
 Single canal with 1
foramen
 No pulp horns
 Ovoid in cross section
 Maxillary canine
 Wider faciolingually
 Longest root canal
 Pointed at the incisal
 Widest at the cervical
 Wider canal
 Bigger apical foramen
 Pointed or slightly
rounded at incisal
 Canal outline the
same width
 Ovoid shape in cross
section
 Mandibular canine
 Outlines similar with
maxillary canine
 Maxillary first premolar
 Wider faciolingually
 With 2 roots and 2
root canals
 2 prominent pulp
horns with buccal
horn being more
prominent
 Kidney shaped in
cross section
 Lingual canal is
slightly larger
 Maxillary Second Premolar
 Wider faciolingually
 1 root and 1 canal
 Mandibular First Premolar
 Wider BL than MD
 More prominent B
pulp horn
 Chamber similar with
mandi canines with a
shorter canal
 2 pulp horns
 Widest at the cervical
 Normally with 1 canal
 Ovoid in cervical cross
section
 Mandibular Second Premolar
 Longer root canal
than first premolar
 2 pulp horns
 Lingual pulp horn
more prominent than
in in mandi 1st
premolar
 Greater separation of
chamber and canal
 Ovoid in cervical cross
section
 Maxillary First Molar
 Wider buccolingually
 MB horn more
prominent
 Rhomboidal in
cervical section
 Only L canal is
evident from the
lingual
 Maxillary First Molar
 Usually with 2
canals in the MB Proximal view

root (MB1, MB2)

 MB and ML pulp
horns are of the
same height
 DB horn more
prominent
 Maxillary Second Molar
 Similar to maxi first
molar
 Distolingual horn
often reduced
 Maxillary Second Molar
 With only 1 canal in Proximal view
the MB root
 Mandibular First Molar
 2 canals on M root
 1 canal on D root
 Widest at pulp horn
level and constricts at
the cervical
 MB pulp horn more
prominent than DB
 3 orifices
 Evidence of 5 cusps
seen
 Mandibular First Molar
 2 canals (MB, ML)
Proximal view
 Widest near the pulp
horns and constricts
at the cervical
 Only 1 canal on the D
 Mandibular Second Molar
 No distal pulp horn
 Roots not as
divergent
 Mandibular Second Molar
Proximal view
 2 canals on the
mesial
 1 canal on the
distal