The Effect of Different Final Irrigation Regimens on the Dentinal Tubule Penetration of Three Different Root Canal Sealers: A Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Study In Vitro

Table 1

Percentage of penetration and maximum penetration (μm) depth of coronal sections ().

			Percentage of penetration (%)		Maximum penetration depth (μm)
			Means	Standard deviation	Means	Standard deviation
AH plus	EDTA	G1A	81.67^a	15.76	722.22^ab	232.77
	EDTA+CHX	G2A	87.24^a	9.80	770.75^ab	171.34
	MA	G3A	77.46^a	12.91	844.67^b	133.20
	MA+CHX	G4A	88.33^a	7.70	605.96^ac	129.02
	NaOCl	G5A	24.76^b	8.48	490.18^c	147.64
EndoRez	EDTA	G1E	58.75^a	19.03	289.37^a	149.15
	EDTA+CHX	G2E	76.29^a	6.19	764.93^b	93.33
	MA	G3E	56.73^a	14.59	185.47^a	80.02
	MA+CHX	G4E	73.16^a	16.86	512.12^c	171.15
	NaOCl	G5E	15.60^b	9.35	69.83^d	33.03
Tech BioSealer Endo	EDTA	G1T	5.02^a	2.30	35.57^a	14.50
	EDTA+CHX	G2T	53.38^b	16.45	130.74^b	105.93
	MA	G3T	9.33^a	4.48	51.90^a	41.40
	MA+CHX	G4T	66.08^b	14.93	136.84^b	91.05
	NaOCl	G5T	6.79^a	3.62	42.78^a	22.59

For each sealer, letters next to the values indicate whether there is a statistical difference according to the results of two-way analysis of variance. The same letters mean no statistical difference among groups. SD: standard deviation.