Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:30:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JaquelineGFD.pdf: 331693 bytes, checksum: f314478d15317d8b20c641a1c60f5ff6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-14 / The neurovascular system of the pulp and of the periodontium is interconnected and among the possible intercommunications between these two tissues, there is the cavo inter-radicular canal. It is a small canal that goes through any inter-radicular dentine and arises in the furca region of the multi-radicular teeth. Its predominance has been studied in the literature, by several methodologies, with divergent results. The objective of this work was to establish, in vitro, the predominance of the cavo inter-radicular canal, in human lower molars, through the diaphanization technique and dye leakage. For this research, 140 teeth (100 first and second 40 lower molars) were selected, extracted due to different reasons, belonging to a teeth bank of the Endodontics discipline of the Dentistry College at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The teeth were preserved in formol until the moment of use and immersed in physiological solution. Had the endodontic access fulfilled and the whole external surface, except for the furcation, sealed with two layers of nail enamel. The cleaning of the pulpar chamber floor was carried out with sodium hypochlorite solution 5%, being this solution renewed every 5 minutes, during 1 hour. The teeth were immersed in Indian dye and, after drying of the dye, they had their crowns split up in the amelo-cemental junction. Then, they were examined in a stereomicroscope, where marks of the coloring were observed in the furcation and on the pulpar floor. After this recording, the sample was diaphanized and with the transparent teeth, it was possible to observe in the stereomicroscope, the true inter-radicular canals. As a result of this experiment, the presence of these canals was observed in 13 % of the first and 7, 5 % of the second evaluated molars. The study showed that both the presence of the cavo inter-radicular canal is real and the diaphanization and dye leakage is an efficient method for this type of research / O sistema neurovascular da polpa e do periodonto ? interligado e, dentre as poss?veis intercomunica??es entre esses dois tecidos, tem-se o canal cavo inter-radicular. Trata-se de um pequeno canal que percorre toda dentina inter-radicular e se exterioriza na regi?o de furca dos dentes multirradiculares. Sua preval?ncia foi estudada na literatura, por diversas metodologias, com resultados divergentes. O objetivo desse trabalho foi estabelecer, in vitro, a preval?ncia do canal cavo inter-radicular, em molares inferiores humanos, atrav?s da t?cnica de infiltra??o de corante e diafaniza??o. Para a pesquisa foram selecionados 140 dentes (100 primeiros e 40 segundos molares inferiores), extra?dos por raz?es diversas, pertencentes ao estoque de dentes da disciplina de Endodontia da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Os dentes anteriormente mantidos em formol foram lavados em ?gua corrente e conservadps em soro fisiol?gico at? o momento de uso. Nesse momento os mesmos tiveram os acessos endod?nticos realizados e toda a superf?cie externa, exceto a furca, impermeabilizada com duas camadas de esmalte de unha. A limpeza do assoalho da c?mara pulpar foi feita com solu??o de hipoclorito de s?dio a 5%, sendo essa solu??o renovada a cada 5 minutos durante 1 hora. Os dentes foram imersos em tinta nanquim e, ap?s secagem do corante, tiveram suas coroas seccionadas na jun??o amelocement?ria. Foram ent?o examinados em um estereomicrosc?pio, onde se observou marcas do corante na furca e ou assoalho pulpar. Feito esse registro, a amostra foi diafanizada e, com os dentes transparentes, p?de-se observar no estereomicrosc?pio, os verdadeiros canais cavo inter-radiculares. Como resultado desse experimento, foi verificada a presen?a desses canais em 13% dos primeiros e 7,5% dos segundos molares avaliados. O estudo demonstrou que a presen?a do canal cavo inter-radicular ? real e a diafaniza??o associada ? infiltra??o de corante um m?todo eficaz para esse tipo de pesquisa