Comparative investigation of marginal adaptation of mineral trioxide aggregate and other commonly used root-end filling materials

• Published in: Journal of endodontics Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 295 - 299
• Main Authors: Torabinejad, Mahmoud, Smith, Petra Wilder, Kettering, James D., Pitt Ford, Thomas R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.1995
• Subjects: Aluminum Compounds; Analysis of Variance; Calcium Compounds; Dental Amalgam; Dental Marginal Adaptation; Dentin-Bonding Agents; Dentistry; Drug Combinations; Humans; Methylmethacrylates; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Oxides; Retrograde Obturation; Root Canal Filling Materials; Silicates; Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement

This study investigated the marginal adaptation of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) as a root-end filling material, compared with commonly used rootend filling materials by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Eighty-eight single-rooted freshly extracted human teeth were cleaned, shaped, and obturate...