Original scientific paper

The incidence of the fusion of the roots in permanent molars

Miljenko Bačić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The incidence of the fusion of the roots of molar teeth was studied by
analyzing the orthopantomograms of 119 patients of both sexes. A total of 889 molars, i.e. 448 in the upper and 441 in the lower jaw, were examined. As many as 30.8% of the molars were found to have fused radices. The incidence was slightly higher in the upper (40.5%) than in the lower jaw (40.1%). X-ray of the teeth moist often revealed root fusion in the third upper molars (70.5%), then in the second upper molars (47.8%) and the least frequently in the first lower molar teeth. The results also point to a marked similarity in the appearance of fusion in both jaws in all examines.

Keywords

molars; root fusion

Hrčak ID:

105502

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/105502

Publication date:

15.6.1984.

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