Pulp canals of periodontally healthy and periodontally diseased upper anterior teeth were measured at the "apex," "middle," and "crown end." Teeth were further categorized by age. When mean differences were compared, there was a narrowing of the pulp canal diameters at every morphological level for periodontally diseased teeth. As anticipated, there was also a narrowing of the pulp canal with age.
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