Open AccessEpiphany sealer penetration into dentinal tubules: Confocal laser scanning microscopic study
Author(s) -
S Ravi,
Rao Nageswar,
Swapna Honwad,
Puthalath Sreekant,
Ranjith Madhavan,
Surabhi Mahidhar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.128056
Subject(s) - dentinal tubule , coronal plane , materials science , penetration (warfare) , confocal , confocal laser scanning microscopy , dentin , dentistry , penetration depth , scanning electron microscope , epiphany , confocal laser scanning microscope , maxillary central incisor , biomedical engineering , medicine , mathematics , anatomy , optics , composite material , art , physics , geometry , operations research , visual arts
The aim of the following study was to evaluate the percentage and average depth of epiphany sealer penetration into dentinal tubules among the coronal, middle and apical thirds of the root using the confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM).