A comparative ex-vivo study of effects of different irrigation protocols with/without laser activation on the root dentine’s micro-hardness

Autor: Ahmad A. Madarati, Mouhammad Al Tayyan, Morgana Quteifani, Kinda Layous
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: European Endodontic Journal
ISSN: 2548-0839
DOI: 10.14744/eej.2019.49369
Popis: Objective: To compare the effects of different irrigation protocols, with/without laser activation, on the radicular dentine’s micro-hardness. Methods: Eighty-two human extracted premolars were decoronated and divided into 7 groups. Roots were longitudinally split into two halves. The micro-hardness was measured for one half before and after irrigation protocols. The groups were; G1: MTAD without laser-activation, G2: MTAD with laser-activation, G3: sodium-hypochlorite (SH) with laser-activation, G4: SH then EDTA with laser-activation, G5: SH then MTAD with laser-activation, G6: SH without laser-activation. G7: distilled water (control). In the two-irrigants groups G4 and G5), samples were irrigated first with SH then with MTAD or EDTA irrigants, which were activated by the laser. The difference between the before- and after-irrigation micro-hardness was calculated to obtain the micro-hardness difference. Data were analyzed using the Paired Sample-t and Two-ways ANOVA tests at P=0.05. Results: Overall, the mean dentine’s micro-hardness after-irrigation (103.1) was lower than before-irrigation (116.1) (P
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