Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 53. No. 2., 2014.
Original scientific paper
Effectiveness of Er:Yag Laser in Cavity Preparation ior Retrograde Filling – In Vitro Study
Zoran Karlović
orcid.org/0000-0001-9654-6742
Lovro Grgurević
Željko Verzak
Vesna-Erika Modrić
Pjetra Sorić
Joško Grgurević
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the sealing quality of Super EBA cement in laser prepared root-end cavities in comparison with root-end cavities classically prepared with steel burrs. Two groups of three millimeter root sections were prepared. The first group was prepared with the Er:YAG laser and the second group with a steel burr mounted on a surgical handpiece. The sections were filled with Super EBA cement and tested for leakage with fluid transport techniques. The sealing quality of Super EBA cement in the classically prepared root-end cavities was better, but there was no statistically significant difference between the two preparation techniques. The possible reason for greater leakage in the laser prepared root-end cavities was probably the irregular shape of the root-end cavity.
Keywords
Root canal preparation; Lasers, solid state; Er:YAG laser; Apicectomy; Root canal filling materials; Super EBA cement; Retrograde cavity
Hrčak ID:
127624
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2014.
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