An in Vitro Assessment of the Sealing Ability of Gutta Flow vs AHplus

Bystrom A, Sundqvist G. Bacteriologic evaluation of the efficacy of mechanical rootcanal instrumentation in endodontic therapy. Scand J Dent Res 1981; 89:321-8.

Grossman L, Oliet S. Endodontic Practice. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger; 1988.

Schilder H. Filling root canals in three dimensions. Dent Clin North Am 1967;723-44.

Sundqvist G, Figdor D. Endodontic treatment of apical perodontitis. Essential endodontology: prevention and treatment of apical periodotitis. Backwell Science 1998;242-77.

Briseno BM, Willershausen B. Root canal sealer cytotoxicity on human gingival fibroblasts: 2. Silicone- and resin-based sealers. J Endod 1991; 17:537-40.

Huang TH, Lii CK, Chou MY, Kao CT. Lactate dehydrogenase leakage of hepatocytes with AH26 and AH Plus sealer treatments. J Endod 2000; 26:509-11.

Miletic I, Prpic-Mehicic G, Marsan T, Tambic-Andrasevic A, Plesko S, Karlovic Z, et al. Bacterial and fungal microleakage of AH26 and AH Plus root canal sealers. Int Endod J 2002; 35:428-32.

Timpawat S, Sripanaratanakul S. Apical sealing ability of glass ionomer sealer with and without smear layer. J Endod 1998; 24:343-5.

Pommel L, About I, Pashley D, Camps J. Apical leakage of four endodontic sealers. J Endod 2003; 29:208-10.

Limkangwalmongkol S, Abbott PV, Sandler AB. Apical dye penetration with four root canal sealers and gutta-percha using longitudinal sectioning. J Endod 1992; 18:535-9.

Eldeniz AU, Erdemir A, Belli S. Shear bond strength of three resin based sealers to dentin with and without the smear layer. J Endod 2005; 31: 293-6.

Leonardo MR, da Silva LA, Almeida WA, Utrilla LS. Tissue response to an epoxy resin-based root canal sealer. Endod Dent Traumatol 1999; 15: 28-32.

Azar NG, Heidari M, Bahrami ZS, Shokri F. In vitro cytotoxicity of a new epoxy resin root canal sealer. J Endod 2000;26:462-5.

De Almeida WA, Leonardo MR, Tanomaru Filho M, Silva LA. Evaluation of apical sealing of three endodontic sealers. Int Endod J 2000;33:25-7.

Wu MK, De Gee AJ, Wesselink PR, Moorer WR. Fluid transport and bacterial penetration along root canal fillings. Int Endod J 1993; 26:203-8.

Rizzo F, Nocca G. In vitro evaluation of a new experimental endodontic sealer, the 33rd annual meeting of the AADR March 10-13, 2004 Honolulu: USA; 2004.

De Moor RJ, Hommez GM. The long-term sealing ability of an epoxy resin root canal sealer used with five gutta percha obturation techniques. Int Endod J 2002; 35:275-82.

Wu MK, Wesselink PR. Endodontic lea kage studies reconsidered. Part I. Methodology, application and relevance. Int Endod J 1993; 26:37-43.

Miletic I, Devcic N, Anic I, Borcic J, Karlovic Z, Osmak M. The cytotoxicity of RoekoSeal and AH plus compared during different setting periods. J Endod 2005;31:307-9.

Pommel L, Jacquot B, Camps J. Lack of correlation among three methods for evaluation of apical leakage. J Endod 2001; 27: 347-50.

Matloff IR, Jensen JR, Singer L, Tabibi A. A comparison of methods used in root canal sealability studies. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1982; 53:203-8.

Timpawat S, Amomchat C, Trisuwan WR. Bacterial coronal leakage after obturation with three root canal sealers. J Endod 2000; 27:36-9.

Wu MK, Tigos E, Wesselink PR. An 18-month longitudinal study on a new silicon-based sealer, RSA RoekoSeal: a leakage study in vitro. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2002; 94:499-502.

Shiveley J, Reader A, Beck M, Melfi R, Meyers W. An in vitro autoradiographic study comparing the apical seal of uncatalyzed Dycal to Grossman’s sealer. J Endod 1985; 11:62-6.

Xu Q, Fan MW, Fan B, Cheung GS, Hu HL. A new quantitative method using glucose for analysis of endodontic leakage. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2005; 99:107-11.

Sugawara A, Chow LC, Takagi S, Chohayeb H. In vitro evaluation of the sealing ability of a calcium phosphate cement when used as a root canal sealer-filler. J Endod 1990; 16:162-5.

Mattison GD, von Fraunhofer JA. Electrochemical microleakage study of endodontic sealer/cements. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1983; 55:402-7.

Cobankara FK, Adanr N, Belli S. Evaluation of the influence of smear layer on the apical and coronal sealing ability of two sealers. J Endod 2004;30:406-9.

Orstavik D, Nordahl I, Tibballs JE. Dimensional change following setting of root canal sealer materials. Dent Mater 2001; 17:512-9.

Roggendorf M, Eber J, Petschelt A. Microleakage of a new guttapercha root canal filling material. Int Endon J 2005; 38:933.

Elayouti A, Achleithner C, Lost C, Weiger R. Homogeneity and adaptation of a new gutta-percha paste to root canal walls. J Endod 2005; 31:687-90.

Padachey N, Patel V, Santerre P, Cvitkovitch D, Lawrence HP, Friedman S. Resistance of a novel root canal sealer to bacterial ingress in vitro. J Endod 2000; 26:656-9.

Skinner RL, Himel VT. The sealing ability of injection-molded thermoplasticized gutta - percha with and without the use of sealers. J Endod 1987;13:315-7.

Leski M, Pawlicka H. A comparison of the penetration of three sealers into dentinal tubules: a SEM study. Int Endod J 2005;38:932.