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The apical sealing ability of a new root canal filling material
1Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Dentistry, Kurupelit-Samsun, 55139 Turkey. bodrumlu@omu.edu.tr
Purpose:
To assess the apical sealing property of a new root canal filling material, Epiphany.
Methods:
Seventy extracted maxillary and mandibular single-rooted teeth were used. They were randomly divided into three groups and obturated by lateral condensation with gutta-percha and AH 26/AH Plus sealers and Resilon core material and Epiphany sealer. Apical leakage was measured by the fluid-transport method.
Results:
The differences in leakage among gutta-percha with AH 26, gutta-percha with AH Plus, and Resilon with Epiphany were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The teeth filled with gutta-percha/AH 26 displayed the most apical leakage. There were no differences between the Resilon/Epiphany and gutta-percha/AH Plus groups (P > 0.05).
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