Original scientific paper

Leakage of Different Canal Obturation Techniques

Denis Katić
Ivana Miletić Karlović
Zoran Karlović
Bernard Janković

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess leakage of root canals obturated using different techniques: cold lateral condensation, warm lateral condensation (Touch’n Heat) and Thermafil. The experimental sample had 70 single rooted permanent teeth. Root canals were instrumented using step-back technique. The teeth were randomly assigned to three groups of 20 samples and obturated using experimental techniques. Ten samples were used as control samples. After a fifteen-day setting period in sterile saline, the samples were taken out, dried, covered by insulating varnish and placed in test-tube with dye. After seven days, the samples were subjected to demineralisation in nitrogen acid, dehidration in ethanol and submerged in methyl-silicilate, thus rendering them transparent. Dye penetration was then read using stereomicroscope. The results were processed by two-way analysis of variance with LSD post hoc test. The results indicate significantly lower dye-penetration in samples obturated using Touch’n Heat technique (0.63±0.35mm) and Thermafil (0.71±0.57mm), when compared to the sample obturated using cold lateral condensation (1.31 ±0.75mm).

Keywords

cold lateral condensation technique; touch’n heat; thermafil; leakage; dye-penetration

Hrčak ID:

11148

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/11148

Publication date:

1.3.2006.

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