Removal of calcifications from distal canals of mandibular molars by a non‐instrumentational cleaning system: A micro‐<scp>CT</scp> study
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Pulpal calcifications can present problems in endodontic treatment. This micro-CT study examined the removal of calcifications by a multisonic cleaning system in uninstrumented mandibular molar distal canals. The teeth were accessed and distal canals located and their patency ensured. Micro-CT images were obtained, and 15 teeth with distal canal calcifications were selected. The volume of distal canals and calcifications were calculated from the micro-CT images before and after cleaning with the GentleWave system. Calcifications were observed in all thirds of the canals. Attached and free calcification were detected. Root canal volumes were slightly increased after GentleWave treatment, whereas the calcifications were completely or partially removed in all canals. Mean reduction percentage of calcification was 86.4 ± 3.9%, in individual canals from 60% to 100%. Calcifications in the distal canals of mandibular molars could be partially or completely removed by the multisonic cleaning system without instrumentation.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".