Table 1.
Elemental composition comparisons of popular MTA (Mineral trioxide aggregate) restorative brands.
| MTA Restoratives | ProRoot MTA 1 [9] |
MTA Angelus 2 [10] |
Biodentine [10] | Endocem MTA 3 [9] |
Endocem Zr 3 [9] |
Bioaggregate [11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium | 37.18 | 43.4 | 45.3 | 40.21 | 18.52 | 38.5 |
| Silicon | 11.17 | 7.60 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 4.82 | 11.5 |
| Oxygen | 32.98 | 34.20 | 41.7 | 15.34 | 18.52 | 37.4 |
| Sulfur | 1.11 | - | - | 1.99 | 0.86 | - |
| Aluminium | 0.93 | 1.50 | - | 3.33 | 1.45 | - |
| Phosphorus | - | - | - | - | - | 1.90 |
| Bismuth | 15.75 | 12.8 | - | 24.24 | - | - |
| Zirconium | - | - | 3.5 | - | 57.49 | - |
| Tantalum | - | - | - | - | - | 10.6 |
1 Dentsply Sirona, York, USA; 2 Angelus, Londrina, Brazil; 3 Maruchi, Wonju-si, South Korea