Title
Marginal leakage of retrograde filling materials using stereomicroscope: An in vitro study
Authors
Abdullah Abdullatif Mahdi1, Debjit Dhamali2, Krishnan Hari3, Dinesh Kamath4, Elizabeth Issac5, Varsha Sam4 & Anzil KS Ali6,*
Affiliation
1Department of Restorative and Dental implants, Allcare Medical Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE; 2Department of Dentistry, IQCITY Medical College and Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, India; 3Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Mar Baselios Dental College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India; 4Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India; 5Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Travancore Dental College, Kollam, Kerala, India; 6Department of Public Health Dentistry, Royal Dental College, Palakkad, Kerala, India; *Corresponding author
Abdullah Abdullatif Mahdi - E - mail: dr_aaa68@yahoo.com
Debjit Dhamali - E - mail: debjit.dhamali@gmail.com
Krishnan Hari - E - mail: krisnair81@gmail.com
Dinesh Kamath - E - mail: dinendo@gmail.com
Elizabeth Issac - E - mail: elizissac07@gmail.com
Varsha Sam - E - mail: varshasam123@gmail.com
Anzil KS Ali - E - mail: anzilksali@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received March 1, 2025; Revised March 31, 2025; Accepted March 31, 2025, Published March 31, 2025
Abstract
Root-end filling material apical microleakage in ultrasonic retro tip-prepared retro-cavities is of interest to dentists. Hence, 68 entire maxillary second premolars and mandibular premolars with a single root, removed for orthodontic reasons from individuals were selected for this study. A 3 mm apical root-end excision was performed utilizing a diamond disc while, root-end cavities were created utilizing an ultrasonic retro-tip. Four groups of 17 teeth were randomly assigned to receive retrograde cavity repairs with mineral trioxide aggregate (group 1); Biodentine (group 2), total fill bioceramic root repair material (group 3) and resin-modified glass ionomer cement (group 4). It was observed that bioceramic root repair material (0.197±0.341), biodentine (0.256±0.547) and mineral trioxide aggregate (0.814±0.436) exhibited a significantly lesser microleakage than resin-modified glass ionomer cement (1.381±0.743). Thus, the bioceramic root repair material exhibited the least mean microleakage among all the materials that were assessed in this study.
Keywords
Apical microleakage, biodentine, calcium silicate cement, retrograde filling, root repair material
Citation
Mahdi et al. Bioinformation 21(3): 394-398 (2025)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
