title: Efficacy of Biodentine as an Apical Plug in Nonvital Permanent Teeth with Open Apices: An In Vitro Study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical microleakage of Biodentine and MTA orthograde apical plugs and to compare the effect of thickness of these biomaterials on their sealing ability. A total of eighty maxillary anterior teeth were used. The apices were removed by cutting with a diamond disc (Jota, Germany) 2 mm from the apical root end in an attempt to standardize the working length of all specimens to 15 ± 1 mm. Both materials were placed in 1-4 mm thickness as apical plugs root canal. Root canal leakage was evaluated by the fluid filtration technique. One-way ANOVA was used in order to determine normality of dispersal distribution of parameters; thereafter, results were analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Overall, between microleakage values of MTA and Biodentine regardless of apical plug thickness, no difference was observed. In terms of plug thickness, a statistically significant difference was observed between the subgroups of MTA and Biodentine (p < 0.05). The apical sealing ability of Biodentine was comparable to MTA at any apical plug thickness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, 06510 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, 34728 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sungurtekin-Ekçi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, 06510 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mesut Enes
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Odabaş
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D010087:Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017640:Silicates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000187:drug effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010087:Oxides; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D017640:Silicates; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate; C506393:tricalcium silicate