title: Impact of Various Irrigating Agents on Root Fracture: An in vitro Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Irrigating solutions are used for cleaning and removing dentinal debris, and the other remains from pulpal space during biomechanical preparation. Therefore, we evaluated the impact of various irrigating agents on root fracture at 5-minute time exposure.
  
  
  METHODS
  We sectioned 60 permanent maxillary premolars with fully formed root structures transversely maintaining the root length of approximately 14 mm. Five study groups were made comprising ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), cetrimide, citric acid, and so on as various irrigating agents. A universal force test machine was used to calculate the force which was enough to fracture each root. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used to access the level of significance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  About 10% citric acid solution as an irrigating agent showed minimal fracture opposing results, whereas 10% EDTA solution showed the maximum fracture resistance of root portion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Selection of suitable EDTA concentration that has minimal adverse effect on the mechanical properties of the tooth is very important for the successful management of tooth fracture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  About 10% EDTA provided the highest fracture resistance, necessitating the use of irrigating solution in root canal therapy (RCT). Further research with higher and different study groups is required to search for more efficient irrigating solution to improve the outcome of RCT.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Wferdha, Maharashtra, India, Phone: +919501544877, e-mail: drsukrititiwari@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sukriti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Wferdha, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Pradnya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nikhade
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Wferdha, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chandak
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Dental College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sudarshan
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Dr. D. Y Patil Dental College & Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Priyadarshini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics New Horizon Dental College & Research Institute, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Naveen K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000077286:Cetrimonium; D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D019343:Citric Acid; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D004318:Doxycycline; D004492:Edetic Acid; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; D018915:Root Canal Preparation; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000293:injuries*
chemical_list: D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; D019343:Citric Acid; D004492:Edetic Acid; D004318:Doxycycline; D000077286:Cetrimonium
keywords: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Fracture; Irrigating agents.