Research Article

Fracture Resistance of Simulated Immature Teeth Filled with Three Types of Calcium Silicate Cement after Intracanal Medication with Ca(OH)2: An Ex Vivo Study

Table 3

The mean load to fracture (in Newtons) and standard deviation (SD) of the six tested groups.

GroupsMean ± SDMinimumMaximum

Negative control543.33 ± 37.17506.55626.50
Positive control239.98 ± 27.19200.28277.08
ProRoot MTA432.82 ± 68.06§325.75541.53
MTA Angelus396.92 ± 59.93§328.55507.88
RetroMTA389.08 ± 56.25§314.95477.54
Gutta-percha283.28 ± 43.40236.65363.90

Different alphabets indicated significant differences between groups ().