Stereomicroscopic evaluation of sealing ability of four different root canal sealers: an in-vitro study

• Published in: BMC oral health Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 258
• Main Authors: Sah, Sonam, Mangat, Panna, Kumar, Ajay, Sah, Neha, Shivakumar, Ganiga Channaiah, Di Blasio, Marco, Cervino, Gabriele, Minervini, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20-02-2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Calcium Hydroxide; Composite materials; Dental Pulp Cavity; Dyes; Endodontic; Endodontics; Humans; Microscopy; Root Canal Filling Materials; Root canal sealers; Root canals; Sealing compounds; Statistical analysis; Stereomicroscopic evauation; Teeth; Italy; Stereomicroscopic evauation; Root canal sealers; Endodontic
• ISSN: 1472-6831; 1472-6831
• DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-03913-7

To compare and evaluate the sealing ability of four different commercially available sealers to provide seal against the dye penetration test using a stereomicroscope-an in-vitro study.
80 extracted single rooted mandibular premolar with single canal were used in this study. The samples were divided in 4 groups (20 in each) based on sealer. Group I (Diaproseal), Group II (apexit Plus), Group III (MTA Fillapex) and Group IV (Bio-C). The samples were analyzed using a stereomicroscope and data analysis was done with one-way Anova And post hoc Tukey's test.
The mean dye penetration score was 1.2400 ± 0.778 mm for Group I. 2.6000 ± 0.897 mm for Group II, 4.2000 ± 0.923 mm for Group III and 4.225 ± 2.055 mm for Group IV. One-way Anova analysis shows that intergroup comparison was statistically significant between the four groups. The post hoc Tukey's test reveals that the difference was statistically non-significant between group III and group IV.
It was concluded that between the four groups the Group I (Diaproseal) showed the least dye penetration followed by Group II (Apexit Pus), Group III (MTA Fillapex) and then Group IV (Bio-C), where there was no significant difference between the Group III (MTA Fillapex) and Group IV (Bio-C).