Shearing Bond Strength of Endodontic Sealers to Gutta-percha

• Published in: Journal of endodontics Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 191 - 193
• Main Authors: Tagger, Michael, Tagger, Etty, Tjan, Anthony H.L., Bakland, Leif K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2003
• Subjects: Adhesiveness; Analysis of Variance; Dental Bonding; Dental Cements - chemistry; Dental Stress Analysis - instrumentation; Dentistry; Epoxy Resins - chemistry; Glass Ionomer Cements - chemistry; Gutta-Percha - chemistry; Humans; Materials Testing; Reproducibility of Results; Root Canal Filling Materials - chemistry; Salicylates - chemistry; Statistics as Topic; Stress, Mechanical; Tooth Apex - ultrastructure; Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement - chemistry

Strength of the bond of root canal sealers to gutta-percha seems to be an important property for maintaining the integrity of the apical seal. In the few studies published, different models and assessment methods were used. The purpose of our study was to adapt an effective and easily reproducible m...