A comparative study of apical leakage of Endomethasone, Top Seal, and Roeko Seal sealer cements.

A comparison was made of the apical leakage of three sealers. Fifty single-root human teeth were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 10; 3 experimental and 2 control). The teeth of the positive-control and experimental groups were instrumented with K-type files to size 45. The experimental groups were obturated by laterally-vertically, condensed gutta-percha with Endomethasone, Top Seal, or RSA sealer cements. The positive-control group was nonobturated and the negative-control group was noninstrumented. The root surfaces were then coated with nail varnish (except the apex in the experimental groups) and immersed in black ink (for 1 week at 37 degrees C). The statistical evaluation of the results obtained by clearing and cross-section techniques showed no significant differences between sealers. Leakage, as determined by the clearing technique, was significantly greater than that quantified by cross-section analysis.

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