title: Sealing ability of a new polydimethylsiloxane-based root canal filling material.
abstract: We tested the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the sealing ability of GuttaFlow, RoekoSeal, and AH26 in root canals. Sixty extracted mandibular premolars were filled with AH26 (lateral compaction), RoekoSeal, or GuttaFlow (modified single-cone). The sealing ability of the root canal fillings was measured weekly (4 weeks) by using a glucose penetration model. Kruskal-Wallis test revealed significant differences in glucose penetration between the experimental groups at weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4. Whereas GuttaFlow showed the highest amount of leakage at all times, AH26 showed the lowest. There was no significant difference between RoekoSeal-filled and AH26-filled root canals throughout the experimental period. AH26 showed better sealing ability in root canals than GuttaFlow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cariology Endodontology Pedodontology, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.ozok@acta.nl
authors.forename: Ahmet R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ozok
authors.forename: Lucas W M
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: van der Sluis
authors.forename: Min-Kai
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Wesselink
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid; D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D003763:Dental Leakage / Q000145:classification; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004853:Epoxy Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D006171:Gutta-Percha / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D008422:Materials Testing; D010539:Permeability; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D012389:Root Canal Obturation; D018915:Root Canal Preparation; D012828:Silicones / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003738:Dental Cements; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004853:Epoxy Resins; C515718:GuttaFlow; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D012828:Silicones; C465381:roeko seal; D012834:Silver; C028044:epoxy resin AH-26; C013830:baysilon; D006171:Gutta-Percha; D014025:Titanium; D005947:Glucose; D001729:Bismuth