Assessment of the presence of a second mesiobuccal canal in maxillary first molars according to the location of the main mesiobuccal canal-a micro-computed tomographic study.

Published in: Clinical oral investigations (2021)

By calculating the P/B ratio, an index reflecting the buccal deviation of the MB1, clinicians can predict the presence of an invisible MB2 in cone-beam computed tomography images with inadequate resolution.

Keyphrases

cone beam computed tomography
deep learning
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
single molecule
clinical evaluation