title: Influence of Post Space Preparation on the Apical Leakage of Calamus, Single-Cone and Cold Lateral Condensation Obturation Techniques: A Computerized Fluid Filtration Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Apical microleakage between the root canal and periapical tissues is considered a common cause of endodontic failure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical microleakage of various obturation techniques after immediate post space preparations with different drills.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred twenty human single-rooted teeth were selected for this study. The coronal portions were removed to achieve a uniform length of 15 mm. All root canals were instrumented with ProTaper Next rotary files using crown-down technique. The 120 roots were randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups according to obturation technique (n = 40). The root canals were obturated with lateral condensation in group 1, single-cone technique in group 2, and Calamus 3D obturation system in group 3. Each group was divided into two subgroups (n = 20) according to drill types (Gates Glidden and Peeso drills) leaving 5 mm of apical gutta-percha. The apical microleakage was measured using the computerized fluid filtration meter method. The results were evaluated using Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni Corrected Mann-Whitney U multiple comparison post hoc tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistically significant difference between obturation techniques after post space preparation with Peeso drills (p > 0.05). In Gates Glidden drill groups, single-cone technique demonstrated higher leakage (0.0051 ± 0.0037 μl x min-1× cmH2O-1) than Calamus techniques (0.0019 ± 0.0012 μl x min-1× cmH2O-1) (p < 0.017).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gates Glidden drills caused the highest apical leakage in teeth obturated with single-cone technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Özkurt-Kayahan
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Güher
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barut
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zuhal
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ulusoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oruçoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Baybora
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kayahan
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kazazoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haznedaroğlu
mesh_terms: D031081:Calamus; D003763:Dental Leakage; D006171:Gutta-Percha; D006801:Humans; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D012389:Root Canal Obturation; D018915:Root Canal Preparation
chemical_list: D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D006171:Gutta-Percha
keywords: Gates Glidden; Peeso; leakage; obturation; post space