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[Comparison of apical sealing ability of two filling systems]
1Department of Stomatology, Liuzhou People's Hospital, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China. txx7811@163.com
Purpose:
To compare the apical sealing ability of the two filling materials: Resilon/Epiphany Self-Etch and Gutta-percha/AH plus.
Methods:
Thirty-six recently extracted mandibular premolar roots were included, 6 for the positive and negative groups, 28 for the experimental groups (14 for the Resilon/Epiphany SE group, 14 for the Gutta-percha / AH plus group).The roots were prepared according to the same standards, then the root canals were filled respectively with Resilon/Epiphany SE and Gutta-percha/AH plus. The teeth were put into the India ink to stain, and the apical sealing ability of the two filling materials: Resilon/Epiphany Self-Etch and Gutta-percha/AH plus were compared with the methods of dye leakage. SPSS13.0 software package was used for data analysis.
Results:
The sealer of the Resilon/Epiphany SE was bonding to the resin filling material and the root canal dentin, and became a structure named mono-block. Compared with the Gutta-percha /AH plus group, the Resilon/Epiphany SE group had significantly lower apical leakage(P<0.05).
Conclusions:
The results show that the Resilon/Epiphany SE filling system has better apical sealing ability than the traditional filling material of Gutta-percha/AH plus, and the sealer of Resilon/Epiphany SE is bonded to the resin filling materials and the root canal dentin, and become a structure named monoblock.
