APICAL HEALING, RESORBABILITY, AND DIGITAL RADIODENSITY AFTER APICAL EXTRUSION OF TOTALFILL VERSUS AH-PLUS SEALERS (ONE-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY) | ||||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||||
| Article 42, Volume 63, Issue 4 - October (Fixed Prosthodontics, Dental Materials, Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics), October 2017, Page 3717-3723 PDF (1.34 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2017.76437 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Mohammed Hamdi Atteia | ||||
| Associate Professor of Endodontics, Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Objectives: This one-year retrospective study evaluated the effect of unintentionally apically-extruded sealers (bioceramic versus epoxy-resin) on apical healing, sealers’ resorbability, and sealers’ digital radiodensity. Materials and Methods Thirty patients with root canal treatment showing unintentional apically-extruded sealer (n= 15 for TotalFill sealer, and n= 15 for AH-plus sealer) were included in the study. One-year recall radiographs were compared with immediate post-obturation ones for presence or absence of apical healing, and extruded sealer’s resorption, and digital radiodensity, using digital radiography. Data were statistically analyzed using Mann Whitney U-test and student-t test. Results: TotalFill recorded higher observations (1.67) of apical healing as compared to AH-Plus (1.2). The difference was statistically significant P≤ 0.05. Regarding sealer resorption, TotalFill recorded lower observations (0.06) as compared to AH-Plus (0.4). The difference was statistically significant P≤ 0.05. Digital radiodensity of TotalFill (37.46) was higher than that of AH-Plus (-19.73). The difference was statistically significant P≤ 0.001. Conclusions Within the limitations of the present study, TotalFill recorded higher observations of complete apical healing, compared to AH-Plus. TotalFill had a lower dissolution (resorbability) rate when compared to AH-Plus within the 12 months’ timeframe. Digital radiodensity of TotallFill increased by time when compared to the declining radiodensity of AH-Plus within the same period of time. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Root canal sealers; bioceramic sealers; TotalFill; epoxy-resin sealers; AH-plus; apical extrusion; apical healing; sealers’ resorbability; digital radiodensity | ||||
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