Objective: Diagnosis of vertical root fractures (VRFs) is critical in endodontics which most of the times occurs in endodontically treated teeth with root canal fillings such as gutta percha. Despite Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) has significantly enhanced image quality compared to digital radiography (DR) which aid the diagnosis, artifacts has remained as a problem in VRF detection . ...

Objective: To investigate the effect of warm gutta-percha filling with microscopic root canal technique. Methods: 120 patients with pulposis treated in our hospital from February, 2014 to December, 2015 were enrolled and randomized equally into observation and control group. The patients in the control group were treated with traditional root canal therapy, but those in the observation group we...

OBJECTIVES Recently, bioceramic sealers like EndoSequence BC Sealer (BC Sealer) have been introduced and are being used in endodontic practice. However, this sealer has limited research related to its retreatability. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the retreatability of two sealers, BC Sealer as compared with AH Plus using micro-computed tomographic (micro-CT) analysis. MATERIALS...

AIM This study was undertaken to evaluate the percentage of gutta-percha-filled area (PGFA) using microscopic analysis of the cross-sections in the apical third of root canals when filled either with Thermafil technique, Warm Vertical Condensation technique and Cold Lateral Condensation technique without using sealers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty single rooted extracted per-manent teeth were ...

OBJECTIVES Cytotoxic effects of obturation materials were tested in presence and absence of endotoxin on human monocytes in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human monocytes from THP-1 cell line were cultured. Three millimeters from the tip of each Resilon and gutta percha points were cut and directly placed at the bottom of the culture wells. Cultured cells were exposed to gutta percha (groups G1...

AIM To analyse the gutta-percha filled area of C-shaped molar teeth root filled with the modified MicroSeal technique with reference to the radiographic features and the C-shaped canal configuration. METHODOLOGY Twenty-three mandibular second molar teeth with C-shaped roots were classified according to their radiographic features as: type I--merging, type II--symmetrical and type III--asymmet...

The purpose of this study was to assess in vitro the efficacy of nickel-titanium K3 rotary files and hand files for removal of gutta-percha and sealer from obturated root canals using either chloroform or chlorhexidine as solvents. Sixty extracted single-rooted bovine teeth with straight, large canals were prepared, obtured and randomly assigned to 3 groups (n=20). The teeth were stored at 37 d...

introduction : removal of root filling materials is one of the key steps in success of root canal retreatment. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of h-file and protaper with or without chloroform in the removal of gutta-percha during retreatment of mandibular premolars. materials and methods: sixty mandibular premolars with one canal, and curvatures less than 30 degrees were...

objective: one of the principle purposes of root canal obturation is to obtain hermetic sealing of the root canal system. according to the development of technology, many materials are now used in root canal filling. an in vitro dye leakage study was performed to evaluate the apical sealability of white-colored mineral trioxide aggregate (wmta) and gray-colored portland cement (gpc) when used a...

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