Rodrigo R Vivan, Ronald Ordinola-Zapata, Clóvis M Bramante, Norberti Bernardineli, Roberto B Garcia, Marco Antonio Hungaro Duarte, Ivaldo Gomes de Moraes
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the radiopacity of 5 root end filling materials (white MTA Angelus, MTA Bio, light-cured MTA, Sealepox RP, and Portland cement clinker with bismuth oxide and calcium sulfate). METHOD: Five specimens, 10 mm in diameter and 1 mm in thickness according to specification ISO 6876:2001 were fabricated from each material and radiographed using Insigth occlusal films close to a graduated aluminum step-wedge (2 to 16 mm in thickness)...
December 2009: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics