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Active versus passive microleakage of Resilon/Epiphany and gutta‐percha/AH Plus
Author(s) -
Kqiku Lumnije,
Städtler Peter,
Gruber Hans Jürgen,
Baraba Anja,
Anic Ivica,
Miletic Ivana
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.703
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1747-4477
pISSN - 1329-1947
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2010.00238.x
Subject(s) - gutta percha , epiphany , dentistry , penetration (warfare) , materials science , medicine , root canal , mathematics , art , operations research , visual arts
The purpose of this in vitro study was to assess the active versus passive dye microleakage and apical sealing ability of laterally condensed gutta‐percha/AH Plus versus Resilon/Epiphany. One hundred and twenty teeth were instrumented and divided into experimental, positive and negative control groups. In group 1, the teeth were obturated with gutta‐percha/AH Plus and in group 2 the teeth were obturated with Resilon/Epiphany. The apical seal was evaluated with a passive and active dye penetration test. Absorbance of the extracted dye was determined with a spectrophotometer. Resilon/Epiphany showed less dye penetration in comparison with the gutta‐percha/AH Plus group ( P < 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences between the passive and active dye penetration tests ( P > 0.05). In this in vitro study, canals obturated with Resilon/Epiphany showed less apical leakage than those obturated with gutta‐percha/AH Plus, regardless of the type of dye penetration test used.