Simulation of soft and hard tissues and its effects on radiopacity of root canal sealers
Purpose: To simulate soft and hard tissues to assess radiopacity of three root canal sealers (Endofill, AH Plus and Sealer 26). Methods: Five circular specimens (10x1 mm) were made and three experimental conditions were created. Situation #1: an aluminum step wedge allowed specimen being submitted t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista odonto ciência (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/9375 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fo/article/view/9375 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Radiopacity soft and hard tissue root canal sealers. Root canal sealers Radiopacidade tecidos moles e duros cimentos endodônticos |
| Sumario: | Purpose: To simulate soft and hard tissues to assess radiopacity of three root canal sealers (Endofill, AH Plus and Sealer 26). Methods: Five circular specimens (10x1 mm) were made and three experimental conditions were created. Situation #1: an aluminum step wedge allowed specimen being submitted to three digital radiographs. Situation #2: a retromolar mandibular segment containing the specimen was positioned between the phosphor plate and X-ray machine. Situation #3: a soft tissue simulating material (utility wax – 30 mm) was associated with the mandibular segment. Mean gray values were measured using ImageTool 3.0 software. Two-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test (alpha=0.05) was performed. Results: Radiopacity increased when bone tissue was used (P < 0.05), except for AH Plus. Situation #3 provided greater radiopacity (P < 0.05). Radiopacity between most and least sealers decreased 44% when Situation #1 and #3 were compared. Conclusion: Simulated soft and hard tissues influenced the radiopacity of root canal sealers. |
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