Open AccessRetrograde filling material in periapical surgery: a systematic review
Author(s) -
A. Paños-Crespo,
Alba SánchezTorres,
Cosme GayEscoda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.24262
Subject(s) - dentistry , medicine , root canal , endodontics , apicoectomy , periapical periodontitis , systematic review , cochrane library , medline , orthodontics , surgery , randomized controlled trial , political science , law
Periapical surgery focuses on the treatment of teeth with persistent periapical lesions when orthograde root canal treatment fails. Although MTA® is the gold standard material for retrograde filling, Biodentine® - a tricalcium silicate-based cement - has been proposed in order to resolve several of its limitations. A systematic review has been carried out to compare the physicochemical properties of Biodentine® versus MTA® as root-end filling material in periapical surgery.