The Retrievability of Calcium Silicate-Based Sealer during Retreatment and the Effectiveness of Additional Passive Ultrasonic Irrigation: A Microcomputed Tomographic Study
Table 3
Comparisons of the remaining ratio between canals with and without an isthmus in the three groups.
Subgroup
Canal with an isthmus
Canal without an isthmus
value
AH Plus
5.12 (2.51-14.2)
2.86 (1.49-7.85)
0.267
EndoSeal MTA
28.47 (21.25-32.29)
4.96 (2.55-10.75)
< 0.001
EndoSeal MTA + PUI
6.06 (2.16-14.89)
0.32 (0.07-1.44)
0.001
Subgroup
Coronal
Coronal
value
AH Plus
2.29 (0.79-8.32)
0.55 (0.18-1.21)
0.015
EndoSeal MTA
23.37 (15.08-32.06)
0.58 (0.03-5.09)
< 0.001
EndoSeal MTA + PUI
0.79 (0.14-5.86)
0.02 (0-0.4)
0.015
Subgroup
Middle
Middle
value
AH Plus
8.41 (2.7-25.93)
1.93 (1.26-15.49)
0.116
EndoSeal MTA
22.94 (11.49-31.46)
3.43 (1.15-14.81)
0.003
EndoSeal MTA + PUI
3.19 (0.29-10.73)
0.04 (0-0.25)
< 0.001
Subgroup
Apex
Apex
value
AH Plus
7.46 (1.37-31.38)
11.57 (3.96-37.56)
0.325
EndoSeal MTA
45.14 (35.14-62.81)
18.97 (6.25-44.5)
0.019
EndoSeal MTA + PUI
30.13 (5.81-47.06)
1.26 (0.08-10.53)
0.006
The normality of the data distribution was tested using the Lilliefors test and the Shapiro-Wilk test. Variables are presented as median (interquartile range), and values were computed using the Mann–Whitney test due to the nonnormality of the variables. ,,.
