Perforation repair comparing two types of mineral trioxide aggregate

Douglas M. Ferris, J. Craig Baumgartner

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

87 Scopus citations

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of two types of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) to seal furcal perforations in extracted human molars using an anaerobic bacterial leakage model. Forty, human, maxillary and mandibular molars were randomly divided into two experimental groups of 18, with two teeth used as positive controls and two teeth without perforations used as negative controls. Experimental group 1 was repaired with gray-colored MTA and group 2 with off-white-colored MTA. A dual-chamber, anaerobic, bacterial-leakage model was assembled. Brain-heart infusion broth with yeast extract, hemin, and menadione was used as the culture broth for Fusobacterium nucleatum. Two of 18 gray-colored MTA samples leaked and three off-white-colored MTA samples leaked. There was no significant difference between the two types of MTA in preventing leakage of F. nucleatum past furcal perforation repairs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)422-424
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of endodontics
Volume30
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Dentistry

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Perforation repair comparing two types of mineral trioxide aggregate'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this