Barbosa AFA, de Lima CO, Sarmento EB, Gonçalves da Cunha G, Sassone LM, Lopes RT, da Silva EJNL. Impact of minimally invasive endodontics procedures on the development of dentinal microcracks.
J Endod 2022;
48:1146-1151. [PMID:
35697303 DOI:
10.1016/j.joen.2022.05.006]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
To evaluate the impact of root canal preparation in teeth with ultraconservative access cavities (UltraAC) on the development of dentinal microcracks using a non-destructive longitudinal micro-CT imaging experimental model. Root canal preparation in teeth with traditional access cavities (TradAC) was used as control.
METHODS
Forty mandibular molars were scanned in a micro-CT device, anatomically matched, and distributed into 4 groups according to the type of access cavity and instrumentation system: traditional/Reciproc (TradAC/RC); traditional/XP-endo Shaper (TradAC/XP); ultraconservative/Reciproc (UltraAC/RC) and ultraconservative/XP-endo Shaper (UltraAC/XP). After root canal preparation, the teeth were rescanned. After reconstruction and co-registration procedures, the images were screened from the furcation level to the apex to identify the presence of dentinal microcracks.
RESULTS
From a total of 15340 cross-section images, 19.65% (3014 slices) had some dentinal microcrack. The qualitative analysis demonstrated the presence of some dentinal microcrack in 11%, 33%, 19%, and 15% of the images of cross-sections in TradAC/RC, TradAC/XP, UltraAC/RC, and UltraAC/XP groups, respectively. All dentinal microcracks observed after root canal preparation were already present in the corresponding images before canal instrumentation. Therefore, no new microcracks were detected, regardless of the access cavity and root canal instrumentation system.
CONCLUSIONS
Root canal preparation with Reciproc or XP-Endo Shaper under traditional or ultraconservative access cavities did not create dentinal microcracks in extracted mandibular molars.
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