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Volume 9 Journal of Health & Medical Informatics
ISSN: 2157-7420 Medical Informatics 2018
July 05-06, 2018
July 05-06, 2018 | Berlin, Germany
6th International Conference on
Medical Informatics & Telemedicine
DETERMINATION OF THE ROOT CANAL LENGTH OF TEETH OF BANTU PATIENTS
ATTENDING THE TEACHING HOSPITALOF KINSHASAUNIVERSITY
Jean Marie Kayembea
aKinshasa University, Democratic Republic of Congo
Background: There is paucity of literature on the determination of the root canal length of Bantu subjects in dental professional
practicing in Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo in particular. Aims: The aim of the present study was to determine the
root canal length of teeth of Bantu patients attending the Teaching Hospital of Kinshasa University.
Methods andMaterial: Prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in the service of Conservative Dentistry. The patients
suffering with pulpitis of permanent teeth which were selected for root canal treatment during the period of January 2014 to
December 2016 were included. All patients whose main root canals were inaccessible, teeth carrying prosthesis, teeth with
large coronal decay, teeth having periapical periodontitis, supernumerary teeth, wisdom and primary teeth were excluded.
Results: The upper canines presented some significant longer canals compared to the lower canine (23.4 ± 2.3 mm and 21.6 ±
1.8 mm). Palatal canals of the first and second molar were respectively longer as compared to the superior teeth canals (21.5
± 1 mm, 21.3 ± 2 mm). The distal canals of the first and second molar were the longest in the mandibular arch respectively
measuring 20.7 ± 2.0 mm and 21.5 ± 1.7 mm.
Conclusion: Data obtained from Bantu patients show slightly shorter roots compared to some European populations, but
longer than some Asian populations.
Biography
Jean Marie Kayembe graduated at the University of Kinshasa as a Dental Surgeon. He became Specialist and is now Chairman of the service of Conservative Dentistry
and Endodontics at the Dental Medicine Department of the Teaching Hospital of Kinshasa University in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His research focuses on
endodontics in the context of African population especially of Bantu (Black African). He is also a visiting teacher at Dental school of the “Université des montages” in
Cameroon.
Jean Marie Kayembe, J Health Med Informat 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7420-C1-021