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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Endod. 2011 Aug;37(8):1102–1108. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2011.05.009

Table 2. Quantity of calcium ions released by calcium-silicate cements and pH of soaking water.

Release of calicum and pH of soaking solution

Calcium release (ppm)*
3 hours 1 day 3 days 7 days
wTC 250 2 ± 12.1 129 2 ± 14 1 120.6 ± 3.5 19.8 ± 3.0
wTC-TCP 368.9 ± 9.6 88.8 ± 4.2 14.2 ± 4.7 16.2 ± 2.9
pH soaking solution
wTC 12.0 ± 0.1 11.3 ± 0.4 10.2 ± 0.3 9.6 ± 0.3
wTC-TCP 11.6 ± 9.6 11.2 ± 0.4 9.6 ± 0.4 9.1 ± 03

n =10 samples tested per cement type

*

ppm = parts per million