Abstract
The purpose of this in-vitro study was to assess the sealability of different commonly used restorative materials in pulp chamber of multirooted teeth. Sixty freshly extracted molars were endodontically treated and their pulp chamber and coronal access were restored with (1) zinc oxide eugenol and gutta percha, (2) silver amalgam, (3) glass ionomer, (4) silver amalgam over base of glass ionomer and (5) silver amalgam over base of zinc oxide eugenol and gutta percha restorations in 10 teeth each. All the samples were evaluated for microleakage using 2% methelene blue dye.The amalgam group showed significantly less leakage than all the other groups except amalgam over glass ionomer base, while gutta percha zinc oxide eugenol intermediate restoration demonstrated significantly greater leakage than other materials (p<.05). Glass ionomer cement exhibited inferior sealability than other permanent pulpal restorations while base of glass ionomer cement depicted better coronal seal than the zinc oxide eugenol gutta purcha base under amalgam restoration (p<.05).
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