Research Article

Penetration of Three Endodontic Sealers in Simulated Lateral Canals during the Lateral Condensation Technique: An In Vitro Study

Table 2

Comparison between experimental sealers regarding their penetration into the apical and coronal lateral canals.

GroupsMean values ± SD (mm) of sealer penetration
Apical lateral canals (total length: 3.2 mm)Coronal lateral canals (total length: 4 mm)

Group I (AH Plus)3.184 ± 0.012A2.84 ± 0.056A
Group II (BioRoot RCS)3.096 ± 0.026B3.322 ± 0.085B
Group III (GuttaFlow 2)3.176 ± 0.017A2.691 ± 0.063C
ANOVA ( value)0.0000.000

Games–Howell post hoc test; Tukey test: means with different manuscript letters within each column are significantly different at .