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Microleakage along Glassix glass fibre posts cemented with three different materials assessed using a fluid transport system
Author(s) -
RogićBarbić M.,
Šegović S.,
PezeljRibarić S.,
Borčić J.,
Jukić S.,
Anić I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.988
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1365-2591
pISSN - 0143-2885
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2006.01071.x
Subject(s) - cement , dentistry , negative control , positive control , gutta percha , maxillary central incisor , materials science , root canal , orthodontics , medicine , composite material , traditional medicine
Aim To evaluate the microleakage along Glassix fibre posts cemented with three different materials. Methodology The root canals of maxillary central incisor teeth were filled and restored with Glassix posts (Harald Nordin sa, Chailly/Montreux, Switzerland) cemented with either a zinc‐phosphate Harvard cement (Richter & Hoffmann, Harvard Dental GmbH, Berlin, Germany), Fuji PLUS cement (GC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) or Variolink II cement (Vivadent, Schaan, Lichtenstein) in three groups of 15 canals each. Twenty unrestored canals served as a control group, 10 filled with gutta‐percha and sealer (negative control group), the remaining 10 with gutta‐percha only (positive control group). Coronal microleakage was evaluated using a fluid transport system. The movement of an air bubble in a capillary glass tube connected to the apex of the experimental root section was measured over 5‐min periods. Measurements were performed four times for each specimen and the mean values recorded. anova and Duncan's test were performed. Results The positive control group had the highest values of microleakage. Amongst experimental groups, the highest values of microleakage occurred in the group with the posts cemented with Harvard cement, followed by Fuji PLUS and Variolink II cements. Groups with Fuji PLUS, Variolink II and the negative control group had significantly ( P < 0.00001) less microleakage compared with the Harvard cement group and the positive control group. Conclusion Canals with Glassix posts cemented with Variolink II and Fuji PLUS cement had the least leakage when assessed using a fluid transport system.