Al Shaymaa Nagy Abd Allah Ali, Dalia Ali Ahmad Moukarab, Reham El Sayed Hassan,
ABSTRACT
Aim: The Purpose Of This Study Was To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of NaOCl Followed By EDTA And A Mixture Of NaOCl And HEBP Activated With EDDY Sonic Tips And XP-Endo Finisher On Colored Gelatin Material Removal From Artificial Internal Resorption Cavities In Root Canals.
Methods: A Total Of 60 Freshly Extracted Human Mandibular Premolars Were Used In This Study. Custom Made Molds Were Fabricated To Hold The Samples During The Study. Teeth Were Instrumented Using SC-Pro Files. Simulation Of Internal Root Resorption Was Done By Splitting The Tooth Into Two Halves Along Their Long Axis, Two Semicircular Cavities Were Prepared In The Halves Of Each Root Canal Using A 2-mm Round Diamond Bur. Resorptive Cavities Were Filled With A Colored Gelatin Material (CGM) Simulating Organic Tissue. The Two Halves Of Each Root Were Reassembled By Cyanoacrylate And Got Returned Into Custom Made Mold. Samples Were Randomly Assigned Into Two Main Equal Experimental Groups According To Activation Techniques (EDDY (A1) & XP-Endo Finisher (A2)). Each Group Was Further Subdivided Again According To The Irrigation Protocols Into Two Subgroups (NaOCl Then EDTA [B1] &NaOCl Mixed With HEBP [B2]). For Evaluation, An Image For Each Root Half At Level Of Resorptive Cavity Was Captured Using Digital Camera Mounted On A Light Stereomicroscope.Data Was Statistically Analyzed UsingOne-Way ANOVA Test Followed By Post Hoc Tukey?s.
Results: Results Showed That There Was A Statistically Significant Difference Between Tested Groups (P-value<0.05). Using XP-Endo Finisher With NaOClmixed With HEBP Showed The Lowest Mean Percentage Of Residual With A Maximum Of 30% And A Minimum Of 9.5%. Activation With EDDY And Irrigation Using NaOCl Then EDTA Showed The Highest Mean Percentage Of Residual Debris With A Maximum Of 80.3% And A Minimum Of 13.3%. None Of The Proposed Techniques Were Able To Remove The Debris Completely From Simulated Internal Root Resorption Cavity In All Samples.
Conclusions: Under The Condition Of Present Study, It Can Be Concluded That XP-Endo Finisher As Activation Technique And NaOCl Mixed With HEBP As Irrigation Protocol Has The Best Cleaning Effect In Simulated Internal Root Resorption Cavity.