Quality of molar root canal fillings performed with the lateral compaction and the single-cone technique.
The aim was to compare the quality of root canal fillings performed with the single-cone and lateral compaction technique. Thirty-six canals in extracted molars were filled with ISO-standardized gutta-percha points, .02 taper, by using the lateral compaction technique; 38 were filled with one gutta-percha point, .04 taper, by using the single-cone technique. Each root canal was radiographed in the bucco-oral (BO) and the mesiodistal projection (MD). A root was sufficiently filled when three of four observers had assessed it so. There was no significant impact of the filling technique on the quality (logistic regression analysis, p > 0.4). There was a significant impact of the canal type, the mandibular distal canal having a higher chance for a sufficient root filling than the mandibular mesial canal in projection BO (p = .003), but both the mandibular distal (p = 0.001) and the maxillary palatal canals (p = 0.014) had a lower chance for a sufficient filling in projection MD.
Hörsted-Bindslev
Preben
P
Department of Dental Pathology, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. ph-b@odont.au.dk
Andersen
Mette A
MA
Jensen
Michaela F
MF
Nilsson
Julie H
JH
Wenzel
Ann
A
D003722:Dental Alloys; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004853:Epoxy Resins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006171:Gutta-Percha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla; D008963:Molar / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009532:Nickel; D011859:Radiography; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012389:Root Canal Obturation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018915:Root Canal Preparation / Q000295:instrumentation; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium
D003722:Dental Alloys; D004853:Epoxy Resins; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; C534916:epoxy resin-based root canal sealer; C040654:titanium nickelide; D009532:Nickel; D006171:Gutta-Percha; D014025:Titanium