introduction: bacteria and their byproducts are major etiologic factors in endodontic diseases. prevention or reduction of root canal bacterial contamination is the main aim of endodontic treatment. the purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of size and taper of master apical file (maf) in reducing bacteria from the apical third of the curved canals using a quantitative scann...

introduction: in this experimental study, the amount of smear layer (sl) remnants in curved root canals after chemomechanical instrumentation with two engine-driven systems or hand instrumentation was evaluated. methods and materials: forty-eight mesiobuccal roots of mandibular first molars with curvatures ranging between 25 and 35 degrees (according to schneider’s method) were divided into thr...

Organic-inorganic hybrid materials, such as polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), have the potential to improve the mechanical properties of the methacrylate-based composites and resins used in dentistry. In this article, nanocomposites of methacryl isobutyl POSS (MI-POSS [bears only one methacrylate functional group]) and methacryl POSS (MA-POSS [bears eight methacrylate functional gro...

The economic viability of adsorbing crystal violet (CV) using pepper seed spent (PSS) as a biosorbent in an aqueous solution has been studied. A parametrical investigation was conducted considering parameters like initial concentration dye, time contact, pH value, and temperature variation. analysis experimental data obtained carried out by evaluating with the isotherms Freundlich, Sips, Tempki...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare several metallurgic properties of neoniti instrument with four other commonly used endodontic rotary files. methods and materials: neoniti a1 (25/0.08), race (25/0.06), mtwo (25/0.06), twisted file (25/0.06) and protaper next x2 (25/0.06) were examined by differential scanning calorimetry (dsc) before and after heat treatment at 500 ° c. x-ray ...

Ferroe lectri c Pb(Zr,Ti)O, (PZT) thin films ha ve been fa bri cated by the alkoxide based so l-ge l method. PZT stoc k so lutions ha ve been spin coated on glass. sili con and metalli sed sil ico n substrate. The coating is repeated until 0.6 ~lIn thick ness of film has been deposited on various substrates. PZT thin films have been an ne led at vari ous temperatures and characte rized by X-ray...

In this study, polypyrrole (PPy) was introduced into durian rind (DR) by in situ polymerization method to prepare rind/polypyrrole (DR/PPy) composite. The resulting material characterized using scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission (TEM), infrared spectroscopy (IRS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Then, the removing performance of DR/PPy for anionic dyes explored. impact key variables ...

introduction: the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of 10% citric acid and 17% ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (edta) irrigating solutions on the surface morphology of young and old root dentin by determining the number and diameter of dentinal tubules using scanning electron microscopy (sem). methods and materials: fifty healthy human teeth collected from young (≤30 years) ...

introduction: the present study evaluated the element distribution in completely set calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cement after application of 35% carbamide peroxide, 40% hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate as commercial bleaching agents using an energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis (edx) system. the surface structure was also observed using the scanning electron microscope (sem). methods ...