Maad Aqeel Mahmood
Department of Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, IraqPublications
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Research
The Influence of Canal Taper on the Efficacy of Activated EDTA on the Smear Layer Removal from the Mesial Molar Canals (An In vitro study)
Author(s): Maad Aqeel Mahmood*, Adel F Ibraheem and Saif Alarab A Mohmmed
Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of canal taper on the efficacy of the sonically activated EDTA to remove the smear layer from the mesial canals of molar teeth. Material and method: 32 freshly extracted maxillary and mandibular molar teeth are collected, mesio-buccal canals with curvature less than 33% are selected. The samples then will be divided into two groups according to the taper of the preparation taper (n=16). Group (A): Were prepared with Size 25/.06 of OC, 2Shape (TS2), then subdivided into two subgroups (n=8), based on the final irrigation protocol as following: (A1 with EDTA), (A2 with EDTA and sonic activation. Group (B): Were prepared with Size 25/.04 of OC, 2Shape (TS1), then subdivided into two subgroups (n=8), based on the final irr.. Read More»